Brazil's Laura Cardoso Takes Record Nine Wickets In T20I Against Lesotho

Brazil's Laura Cardoso became the first player in men's or women's T20 international cricket to take nine wickets in a single innings.

“Brazil are the unlikely candidates to have claimed two cricket records as one of their bowlers took a record nine wickets – including five in a row – in their 189-run T20 Women’s International victory against Lesotho in Botswana”

Al Jazeera

She achieved the feat in just three overs as Lesotho were bowled out for 13 in 6.2 overs, chasing 203.

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Cardoso started her remarkable run by taking wickets with five consecutive deliveries.

She was denied a 10-wicket haul when a teammate had Lindiwe Polaki stumped to conclude the match.

Cardoso's nine wickets are the best figures in the format, besting the previous record held by Bhutan's Sonam Yeshey.

Cardoso's extraordinary spell began in the second over with a hat-trick.

She continued with four more wickets in the fourth over, bringing her tally to seven.

BBC

Two additional wickets in the sixth over took her haul to nine.

Lesotho were bowled out for just 13 runs in 6.2 overs.

Cardoso's figures are now the best in professional limited-overs cricket.

Brazil posted a formidable total of 202 runs.

“The historic feat came against Lesotho women's national cricket team, where Cardoso produced stunning figures of 9 for 4 in 3 overs, now the best bowling figures in T20I history”

Cricfrenzy

Roberta Avery contributed 48 and Monnike Machado remained unbeaten on 69.

Brazil are unbeaten in five matches at the six-team Kalahari Women's T20 tournament.

Cricket Brasil president Roberta Moretti said Cardoso is a player with huge potential.

Cardoso's achievement has set a new global standard in T20I cricket.