5 consecutive wickets in 5 balls… 9 victims taken in the match, this happened for the first time in cricket history

Sanjeev Kumar

khelja|09-04-2026

5 consecutive wickets in 5 balls… 9 victims taken in the match, this happened for the first time in cricket history

Laura Cardoso: A shocking incident was witnessed in the BCA Kalahari Women's T20 tournament. In this match, one team was all out for just 13 runs. The reason for which was a 21 year old bowler. This bowler made a total of 9 batsmen his victims in the match and accomplished a feat in the world of cricket which no one could do before.

This bowler also took 5 consecutive wickets in 5 balls during the match, which is rarely seen.

9 wickets taken in 3 overs

The teams of Brazil and Lesotho faced each other in the 14th match of the BCA Kalahari Women's T20 Tournament. In this match, Brazilian fast bowler Laura Cardoso has achieved a unique achievement in T20I cricket. She took 9 wickets in a single innings, which was seen for the first time in the history of both men's and women's T20I cricket. Earlier, in the men's T20I, Bhutan's Sonam Yeshe had taken 8 wickets, while in the women's T20I, Indonesia's Rohmalia Rohmalia had the record of 7 wickets.

Laura left both of them behind.

Also took 5 consecutive wickets in 5 balls

Batting first in the match, Brazil scored 202 runs. In response, Lesotho's team collapsed badly and was reduced to just 13 runs. The entire innings lasted only 6.2 overs. During this period, Laura Cardoso's bowling was amazing. He completed his hat-trick by taking wickets on the last 3 balls of his over. At the same time, he achieved the feat of taking 5 wickets in 5 consecutive balls by taking wickets in the first 2 balls of his over.

He took a total of 4 wickets in his second over. Then he completed nine wickets by taking two more wickets in the third over. Due to which Brazil won the match by 189 runs.

Laura Cardoso has made headlines before

This performance is quite special for Brazilian women's cricket. Earlier in 2021, at the age of 16, Laura had become the first player to take a hat-trick in T20I for Brazil. Now he has registered his name in world cricket by taking 9 wickets in an innings. Let us tell you, there are all associate teams in this tournament.

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