Brazilian Women cricketer Laura Cardoso etched history and entered her name in the record books by registering the Best Bowling Figures in WT20Is. In fact, she became the only cricketer across men’s and women’s cricket to take nine wickets in a single T20I innings. Earlier, Bhutan’s Sonam Yeshey held the top spot after claiming 8/7 in a Men’s T20I in 2025.
Cardoso’s efforts came during a match between Brazil and Lesotho in the Kalahari Women’s T20 on April 9. After Brazil posted a towering total of 202/8 in 20 overs, Cardoso delivered with the ball.
She started with a hat-trick in just the second over of the Lesotho innings. The 21-year-old followed it up with four more scalps in the fourth over to take her tally to seven before taking the final two wickets in the sixth over.
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The Brazilian bowling all-rounder is at the apex for her extraordinary figures of 9/4 from her three overs, the best-ever bowling figures in T20I cricket. Interestingly, out of the three overs she bowled, two ended in maidens. Laura Cardoso eclipsed Indonesia’s Rohmalia Rohmalia’s efforts from 2024 to claim the top spot.
The Indonesian spinner is the second name on the list. The right-arm off-break bowler claimed a seven-wicket haul during a match against Mongolia Women in 2024. Furthermore, she did not leak even a single run from the 3.2 overs she bowled.
Dutch Women cricketer Frederique Overdijk follows Rohmalia for her numbers of 7/3. She achieved the feat against France during the European Women’s T20 World Cup qualifiers back in 2021.
| Bowler | Opposition | Figures | Year |
| Laura Cardoso (Brazil) | Lesotho | 9/4 | 2026 |
| Rohmalia Rohmalia (Indonesia) | Mongolia | 7/0 | 2024 |
| Frederique Overdijk (Netherlands) | France | 7/3 | 2021 |
| Alison Stocks (Argentina) | Peru | 7/3 | 2022 |
| Samanthi Dunukedeniya (Cyprus) | Czech Republic | 7/15 | 2025 |
| Anjali Chand (Nepal) | Maldives | 6/0 | 2019 |
| Goabilwe Matome (Botswana) | Lesotho | 6/1 | 2023 |
| Mas Elysa (Malaysia) | China | 6/3 | 2019 |
| Shameelah Mosweu (Botswana) | Mozambique | 6/3 | 2021 |
| Aggeliki Savvani (Greece) | Romania | 6/5 | 2023 |
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