Frederique Overdijk bagged seven wickets in her four overs and conceded just three runs to restrict France to 33 runs in 17.5 overs in the women’s T20 World Cup Europe qualifiers. The Netherlands’ pacer Frederique Overdijk became the first pacer ever to take seven wickets in a T20I match.
Frederique Overdijk Bagged 7 Wickets In Her 4 Overs Conceding Only 3 Runs To Restrict France To 33 Runs
On Thursday, Frederique Overdijk bagged seven wickets in her four overs and conceded just three runs to restrict France to 33 runs in 17.5 overs in the women’s T20 World Cup Europe qualifiers at the La Manga Club Ground in Cartagena, Spain. The Netherlands then cruised to a nine-wicket victory in 3.4 overs.
Frederique Overdijk had six bowled dismissals and one lbw in her four overs. Out of the four overs, two were maidens. It was the first time any bowler, male or female, had taken a seven-wicket haul in T20Is. Frederique Overdijk went past the previous record held by Nepal’s Anjali Chand, who scalped six wickets for zero runs against the Maldives in 2019.
Brief scores: France 33 in 17.3 overs (Poppy McGeown 8, Frederique Overdijk 7/3, Eva Lynch 1/3) lost to the Netherlands 33/1 in 3.4 overs (Robine Rijke 21 not out, Babette de Leede 10, Thea Graham 1/11) by nine wickets.
She dismissed the opposition skipper Tara Britton, Poppy McGeown, Thea Graham, Emmanuelle Brelivet, Tracy Rodriguez, Emma Chance, and Maelle Cargouet en route to the world record. France was restricted to a paltry total of 33 runs in 17.5 overs, which The Netherlands side chased down quickly in 3.3 overs.
Frederique Overdijk went past the previous record held by Nepal’s Anjali Chand, who snapped six wickets for zero runs in 2.1 overs against the Maldives a couple of years ago. It was only the 8th T20I match for the youngster. She has managed to pick a total of 11 wickets to her name, at the bowling average of 14.00, in her two-year career so far.
Gaby Lewis Becomes The First Ireland Women’s Player To Score A T20I Ton
On the first day of the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup Europe Qualifier, Netherlands’ Frederique Overdijk grabbed all the headlines for her record-breaking spell of 4-2-3-7, the best figures in the T20I history. The magnificent spell reduced France to just 33 runs as they were bowled out in 17.3 overs. The Netherlands chased down the total in under four overs to register their first win of the day.
Earlier in the day, the Dutch fell short against Scotland after they could only put up 98 runs in their quota of 20 overs batting first. Despite losing their way towards the end, opener Sarah Bryce’s 36-ball 46 ensured that Scotland got across the line with more than three overs to spare.
In the second match of the day, Gaby Lewis stole the show with an unbeaten 60-ball 105* against Germany and became the first Ireland Women’s player to score a T20I century. Chasing 197 was always going to be a tough ask for the German players as they finished the innings with just 32 runs, falling short by a massive margin of 164 runs.
In men’s cricket, five bowlers have taken six wickets in T20I innings; India’s Deepak Chahar has the best bowling figure amongst those- 6/7 in 3.2 overs against Bangladesh in Nagpur in November 2019. That terrific bowling performance included a hat-trick as Bangladesh collapsed from 110/2 in the 13th over to be bowled out for 144.
Sri Lanka’s Ajantha Mendis is behind Deepak Chahar with two six-wicket innings hauls, followed by India leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal and Australia’s left-arm spinner Ashton Agar.