Seven wickets in 21 balls: SL captain scripts history with record-breaking spell
Sri Lanka captain Chamari Athapaththu set a record by taking seven wickets for five runs in a Women's Asia Cup match against Indonesia. Her performance helped secure a victory and moved Sri Lanka to the top of their group.
Why it matters
This is a historic individual achievement in women's international cricket, marking a significant milestone for the sport.
Defending champions Sri Lanka moved to the top of Group B in the Women's Asia Cup after beating Indonesia by 75 runs in Dubai on Thursday, thanks to captain Chamari Athapaththu's record seven-wicket haul and Nilakshika Silva's half-century.Sri Lanka were defending a modest target of 125 on a slow-paced pitch, but Athapaththu turned the match around with one of the best bowling performances in women's T20 internationals.She came on to bowl in the fourth over and struck with her fourth, seventh and eighth deliveries. Although she missed out on a hat-trick in that over, she completed it later by taking three wickets in three balls across two overs.Athapaththu finished with 7/5 in 21 balls, becoming the first bowler from a Full Member nation to take seven wickets in a women's T20I.
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