New Delhi: Brazilian fast bowler Laura Cardoso etched her name in the record books by becoming the first player in T20I cricket (men’s/women’s) to pick up 9 wickets in a single innings. Delivering a remarkable spell against Lesotho, Cardoso finished with brilliant figures of 9/4 from her three over registering the best bowling figures in the shortest format.

The accolade, which was achieved at the BCA Kalahari Women’s T20I Tournament at Botswana Cricket Association Oval 2 in Gaborone, left all the cricketing fans stunned as something of this sort was never expected to be registered.

By virtue of this gigantic record, Cardoso surpassed the previous record held by Bhutan’s Sonam Yeshey, who had claimed eight wickets for just seven runs against Myanmar in a men’s T20I in 2025. According to the International Cricket Council (ICC) Cardoso surpassed Indonesia’s Rohmalia Rohmalia’s figures of 7/0 against Mongolia in 2024 in women’s T20Is.

Laura Cardoso does the unthinkable

Brazil’s Laura Cardoso took 9/4 in a T20I vs Lesotho🤯🤯

This included

🔹A hat-trick
🔹Another four-wicket maiden
🔹She also had an over left pic.twitter.com/fPpUwhpPsT

— Cricbuzz (@cricbuzz) April 9, 2026

Laura Cardoso scripts world record

Meanwhile earlier in the game on Thursday, Brazil posted a mammoth total of 202 runs which was powered by brilliant knocks from Roberta Avery (48 off 35) and Monnike Machado (69 not out off 41). Her incredible spell also included a hat-trick in the second over as it was when she began the wrath over the opposition.

After a stunning hat-trick, she claimed four more wickets in the fourth over to take her tally to seven wickets. Just when it looked that the game was over for her as she had already claimed seven wickets, Cardoso came back to haunt the side again with two additional wickets in the sixth over to take her tally to an nine wickets in an innings.

The final wicket was claimed by Marianne Artur, as Lesotho were bowled out for just 13 in 6.2 overs, handing Brazil a massive 189-run victory.