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Shabnim Ismail bowls quickest kept ball in Women's cricket
South African quick Shabnim Ismail has breached the 130kph barrier for the first time in women's cricket since speeds have been recorded. Ismail bowled a delivery that the speed-gun on broadcast recorded at 132.1kph in the WPL game between her side Mumbai Indians and Delhi Capitals on Tuesday in Delhi.
It was the second conveyance of the third over in the game which Ismail bowled full to Capitals skipper Meg Lanning, who missed the conveyance and was hit on the front cushion. Mumbai pursued for lbw however it was turned down. When inquired as to whether she knew about the quickest conveyance she had bowled, Ismail said she doesn't "take a gander at the big screen when I'm bowling."
Ismail had likewise recorded a conveyance at 128.3kph in the initial round of the competition, additionally against Capitals. She, notwithstanding, missed several games for Mumbai with a physical issue and got back to activity on Tuesday.
In global cricket as well, the quickest conveyance recorded is by Ismail, when she bowled one at 128kph against West Indies in 2016 and had penetrated the 127kph imprint two times in the 2022 ODI World Cup.
However, ismail was a long way from her best on Tuesday. She opened the bowling once Mumbai decided to field and was sporadic with her full conveyances and bowled on the cushions. After her initial two overs went for 14 runs, Shafali Verma smacked her for back to back sixes toward the beginning of her third before Ismail had her gotten behind for 28 and gave her a forceful farewell. She got done with 1 for 46 from her four overs in the highest point of-the-table conflict.
Ismail, 35, resigned from global cricket in May 2023, months after the home T20 World Cup to end a 16-year vocation. She played 241 worldwide games for 317 wickets across designs, which included 127 ODIs, 113 T20Is and a Test. She is currently a customary in T20 associations all over the planet.