Cardoso Takes Nine Wickets In T20 International

Brazil's Laura Cardoso has go nan first subordinate ever to return 9 wickets successful a T20 international, signaling figures of 9-4 against Lesotho.

The seamer achieved nan feat successful 3 overs arsenic Lesotho were bowled retired for 13 successful 6.2 overs, chasing 203.

The 21-year-old now has nan champion figures successful nan format, besting nan erstwhile grounds held by Bhutan's Sonam Yeshey, who took eight wickets for 7 runs against Myanmar successful a men's T20 world successful 2025.

In women's cricket, Cardoso surpassed Indonesia's Rohmalia Rohmalia's figures of 7-0 against Mongolia successful 2024.

Cardoso started her singular tally of dismissals by taking wickets pinch 5 consecutive deliveries, spanning nan past 3 balls of nan 2nd complete and first 2 of nan 4th to time off Lesotho sprawling connected 8-5.

She took 2 further wickets successful nan remainder of nan over, signaling a 2nd maiden, past removed different brace of batters successful nan 5th over.

However she was denied a 10-wicket haul erstwhile Marianne Artur had Lindiwe Polaki, 1 of only 3 Lesotho batters to people a run, stumped to reason nan match.

Brazil are unbeaten successful 5 matches astatine nan six-team Kalahari Women's T20 tournament, which is being staged wholly successful Gaborone, nan superior of Botswana.