Canada did not have an ideal start to their T20 World Cup 2024 campaign as they lost their opening game against USA on Sunday, June 2. As if the defeat wasn’t bad enough, right-arm fast bowler Jeremy Gordon went into the history books for an unwanted record. The Canadian pacer conceded 33 runs in an over, handing the match to USA. This was the joint-third most expensive over in T20Is.
Gordon had a decent start to his bowling spell prior to the fateful over. He had conceded 11 runs from two overs on his first spell, but lost the plot in his third over.
Most runs in an over in T20Is
| Runs | Players | Bowler | Match | Venue | Date |
| 36 | Yuvraj Singh | SCJ Broad | India v England | Durban | 19/09/2007 |
| 36 | KA Pollard | A Dananjaya | West Indies v Sri Lanka | Antigua | 03/03/2021 |
| 36 | Rohit Sharma, Rinku Singh | Karim Janat | India v Afghanistan | Bengaluru | 17/01/2024 |
| 36 | Dipendra Singh Airee | Kamran Khan | Nepal v Qatar | Al Amerat | 13/04/2024 |
| 34 | TL Seifert, LRPL Taylor | S Dube | New Zealand v India | Mount Maunganui | 02/02/2020 |
| 34 | RP Burl | Nasum Ahmed | Zimbabwe v Bangladesh | Harare | 02/08/2022 |
| 33 | Andries Gous, Aaron Jones | Jeremy Gordon | USA vs Canada | Texas | 02/06/2024 |
Gordon started off with a wide ball down the leg. He was then hit for a six by Andries Gous in his first legitimate delivery of the over. Gous backed it up with a 4 in the next ball as hope of a Canadian victory faded.
The next three balls turned out to be wide, no-ball, and no-ball respectively. Aaron Jones slammed the third legitimate ball of the over for a six, while Gordon bowled another wide in the next ball.
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The 4th legitimate ball of the over went for a single as Gous returned to strike. He finished the over with a flurry, hitting a 6 and a 4 off the last two balls of Gordon respectively.
Gordon’s 33 run-over became the join third-most expensive over in T20 cricket’s history and pushed USA on course to an easy victory in their T20 World Cup opener.
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