by time
minutes	name	match	year
28	JT Brown	England v Australia at Melbourne	1894-95
29	SA Durani	India v England at Kanpur	1963-64
30	EA V Williams	West Indies v England at Bridgetown	1947-48
30	BR Taylor	New Zealand v West Indies at Auckland	1968-69
33	CA Roach	West Indies v England at The Oval	1933
34	CR Browne	West Indies v England at Georgetown	1929-30
by balls
balls	name	match	year
26	IT Botham	England v India at Delhi	1981-82
30	Kapil Dev	India v Pakistan at Karachi (2nd Test)	1982-83
31	WJ Cronje	South Africa v Sri Lanka at Centurion	1997-98
32	IVA Richards	West Indies v India at Kingston	1982-83
32	IT Botham	England v New Zealand at The Oval	1986
33	RC Fredericks	West Indies v Australia at Perth	1975-76
33	Kapil Dev	India v Pakistan at Karachi	1978-79
33	Kapil Dev	India v England at Manchester	1982
33	AJ Lamb	England v New Zealand at Auckland	1991-92
33	A Flintoff	England v New Zealand at Wellington	2001-02

Updated to include matches finished by October 18, 2002

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