consecutive balls without conceding a run is held by Hugh Tayfield of South Africa, who bowled 137 dot balls, or 16 eight-ball overs, across two innings against England at Durban, in 1956–57. In first-class cricket, Nadkarni comes third after Tayfield and Manish Majithia of Madhya Pradesh, who bowled 136 dot balls in a row against Railways in 1999–00. The records for maidens in succession with different balls-per-over are : 4 ball overs : 23 - Alfred Shaw, North v South, Nottingham, 1876 5 ball overs : 10 - Ernie Robson, Somerset v Sussex, Hove, 1897 6 ball overs : 21 - Bapu Nadkarni, India v England, Madras, 1963-64 8 ball overs : 14 - Hugh Tayfield, South Africa v England, Durban, 1956-57 References Sujit Mukherjee, Matched winners, Orient Longman (1996), p. 120-132 Mihir Bose, A History of Indian cricket (1990) Maiden over statistics Dot ball statistics External links Cricinfo profile India Test cricketers Indian cricketers Mumbai cricketers Maharashtra cricketers West Zone cricketers Associated Cement Company cricketers Savitribai Phule Pune University alumni 2020 deaths 1933 births People from Nashik Cricketers from Maharashtra