By Mike Peter and Timothy Abraham u2014 BBC Sport
Brazilu2019s Laura Cardoso has become the first player ever to take nine wickets in a T20 international, recording figures of 9-4 against Lesotho.
The seamer achieved the feat in three overs as Lesotho were bowled out for 13 in 6.2 overs, chasing 203.
The 21-year-old now has the best figures in the format, besting the previous record held by Bhutanu2019s Sonam Yeshey, who took eight wickets for seven runs against Myanmar in a menu2019s T20 international in 2025. In womenu2019s cricket, Cardoso surpassed Indonesiau2019s Rohmalia Rohmaliau2019s figures of 7-0 against Mongolia in 2024.
Cardoso started her remarkable run of dismissals by taking wickets with five consecutive deliveries, spanning the last three balls of the second over and first two of the fourth to leave Lesotho sprawling on 8-5.
She took two further wickets in the remainder of the over, recording a second maiden, then removed another pair of batters in the fifth over.
However she was denied a 10-wicket haul when Marianne Artur had Lindiwe Polaki, one of only three Lesotho batters to score a run, stumped to conclude the match.
Brazil are unbeaten in five matches at the six-team Kalahari Womenu2019s T20 tournament, which is being staged entirely in Gaborone, the capital of Botswana.
Cricket Brasil president Roberta Moretti, who witnessed all of Cardosou2019s dismissals from her position at first slip, said her team-mate is a player with huge potential.
u201cI donu2019t think this is the end. Sheu2019s still only 21 and I believe Laura is someone who can one day play at the elite level in England and Australia,u201d she told BBC Sport. u201cFor me itu2019s a joy to see an athlete like Laura becoming the cricketer she is, with her work ethic and passion for the game. She came from one of our grassroots programmes and through all of the pathways and is one of the greatest cricketers Brazil has produced.u201d
Cardoso previously took a hat-trick for Brazil in a T20 World Cup qualifier against Canada in 2021.