Thailand’s 19-year-old lady Thipatcha Putthawong ran riot in Utrecht on Friday, July 14 as she single-handedly helped Thailand beat the Netherlands in the ongoing tri-series with a historic achievement. Left-arm spinner Putthawong turned only the seventh cricketer in the world and only the third ladies’s cricketer to take 4 wickets in 4 deliveries in worldwide cricket as she wrecked the Dutch line-up.
The incident occurred in the 18th over of the Netherlands’ innings as they had been skittled out for a meager 75 with Putthawong ending up with figures of 5/8 in 3.5 overs. Putthawong dismissed Phebe Molkenboer, Mikkie Zwilling, Hannah Landheer, and Caroline de Lange in consecutive deliveries to achieve the large file.
Thailand ladies did not break a sweat to chase the goal down as they received the recreation in 13.3 overs to safe their second victory in the ongoing tri-series, which additionally options Scotland.
Putthawong turned only the third ladies’s cricketer after Germany’s Anuradha Doddaballapur and Botswana’s Shameela Mosweu to take 4 wickets in 4 balls. While 4 male cricketers have additionally achieved the feat in worldwide cricket – Rashid Khan, Lasith Malinga (as soon as in ODIs, as soon as in T20Is), Curtis Campher and Jason Holder.
Bowlers to take 4 wickets in 4 balls
Rashid Khan – Afghanistan vs Ireland, 2019
Lasith Malinga – Sri Lanka vs South Africa, 2007 (ODI) and Sri Lanka vs New Zealand, 2019 (T20I)
Anuradha Doddaballapur – Germany vs Austria, 2020
Shameela Mosweu – Botswana vs Mozambique, 2021
Curtis Campher – Ireland vs Netherlands, 2021
Jason Holder – West Indies vs England, 2022
Thipatcha Putthawong – Thailand vs Netherlands, 2023
The 19-year-old left-arm spinner got here into the limelight after receiving the ICC Women’s Player of the Month award in May 2023 in recognition for her performances in Thailand’s victory for the gold medal at the South East Asian Games in Cambodia.
