Mumbai Indians’ Shabnim Ismail throughout the Women’s Premier League (WPL) 2024 cricket match in opposition to Delhi Capitals, at Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi, March 5, 2024.
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South African pacer Shabnim Ismail created historical past by bowling the fastest delivery ever recorded in women’s cricket, breaching the 130kph barrier for the primary time because the introduction of velocity weapons.
Playing for Mumbai Indians in their Women’s Premier League (WPL) match in opposition to Delhi Capitals on the Arun Jaitley Stadium, Ismail shattered the file by clocking 132.1km/h (82.08mph), her thunderbolt smashing into the pad of former Australia captain Meg Lanning.
It was the second ball of the third over of the match on Tuesday, prompting the MI gamers to enchantment in unison, solely to be turned down by the umpire.
Ismail, who appeared for South Africa in all eight earlier ICC Women’s T20 World Cups and solely retired from worldwide cricket following final yr’s match on dwelling soil, had beforehand been clocked as bowling at 128km/h (79.54mph) in opposition to the West Indies in 2016 and at 127km/h twice throughout the newest version of the Women’s World Cup in 2022.
When requested throughout a post-match interview about breaking the file, Ismail performed down the trouble and indicated she “doesn’t actually look at the big screen when I’m bowling.” Ismail, nonetheless, delivered 4 costly overs to complete with figures of 1/46 because the Mumbai Indians went all the way down to the Delhi Capitals by 29 runs.
She was particularly taken to the cleaners by Shafali Verma, who smashed the bowler for 3 successive sixes in her third over.
This was Delhi’s fourth win on the trot as they moved two factors away from Mumbai with eight factors from 5 matches.
