Shabnim Ismail becomes leading wicket-taker in Women’s T20 World Cup

Her
bowling
average
in
the
ICC
competition
is
5.25
and
the
economy
rate
reads
5.83.
The
34-year-old
achieved
the
feat
after
picking
the
wicket
of
Ellyse
Perry
on
the
fourth
ball
of
the
20th
over.
She
followed
it
with
the
wicket
of
Georgia
Wareham
on
the
very
next
delivery.

A
huge
moment
for
Shabnim
Ismail
☝️

She
becomes
the
leading
wicket-taker
in
the
history
of
the
Women’s

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—
T20
World
Cup
(@T20WorldCup)

February
26,
2023

Shabnim
Ismail’s
exception
bowling
career

Notably,
Ismail
is
the
second-highest
wicket-taker
in
the
history
of
ODI
cricket.
She
has
191
wickets
to
her
name,
64
less
than
India
legend
Jhulan
Goswami.
She
is
also
the
joint
third-highest
wicket-taker
in
the
women’s
T20I
cricket.

The
right-arm
pacer
had
played
a
crucial
role
during
her
side’s
semi-final
clash.
She
broke
the
rampaging
53-run
partnership
(off
just
30
balls)
between
openers
Danielle
Wyatt
and
Sophia
Dunkley
by
dismissing
the
latter.
Later,
she
picked
two
more
wickets
to
finish
with
match-winning
figures
of
3/27.
The
Cape
Town-born
cricketer
picked
eight
wickets
in
six
matches
at
an
average
of
16.12
and
an
economy
rate
of
5.86.
She
finished
her
campaign
as
the
leading
wicket-taker
for
her
side.

Earlier,
the
record
was
held
by
former
England
Women
pacer
Anya
Shrubsole.
She
picked
41
wickets
in
27
matches
at
an
average
of
12.48
and
an
economy
of
5.32.
Third
on
the
list
is
Australia’s
Ellyse
Perry
who
was
also
part
of
the
summit
clash.
The
32-year-old
pacer
has
picked
40
wickets
in
42
matches
at
an
average
of
17.67
and
economy
rate
of
5.79.
Another
Australia
Women
pacer
Megan
Schutt
has
picked
40
wickets
in
24
matches
at
an
average
of
12.27
and
an
economy
rate
of
6.
Schutt
also
featured
in
the
Women’s
T20
World
Cup
2023
final
between
South
Africa
and
Australia.

India
spinner
Poonam
Yadav
is
seventh
on
the
list
with
28
wickets
in
18
matches
at
an
average
of
13.82
and
an
average
of
5.60.