JOIN USColin Ackermann records best bowling figures in T20s
South African spinner Colin Ackermann claimed a new Twenty20 world record when he took seven wickets for just 18 runs in the Vitality Blast, England's domestic T20 competition.
The 28-year-old, playing for Leicestershire, took the wickets of Michael Burgess, Sam Hain, Will Rhodes, Liam Banks, Alex Thomson, Henry Brookes and Jeetan Patel in his side's 55-run over Warwickshire at Grace Road on Wednesday.
He bettered the record earlier held by Malaysian Arul Suppiah. He had claimed 6-5 for Somerset against Glamorgan in 2011.
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Colin Ackermann takes 7/18 - the best bowling figures in T20 history
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"It hasn't really sunk in. I'm sure I'll remember this game for a long time," the Leicestershire captain said after the visitors, chasing 190 to win, were dismissed for 134.
"I think it's the first time it's really turned at Grace Road. I tried to use my height and get a bit of bounce.
"I wanted to get the batters to hit into the bigger side of the field and mixed up my pace," he said. "Never in a million years. I'm a batting all-rounder," he said when asked if he expected to achieve such a feat.
Warwickshire skipper Patel said, "You can't take away from a great display of bowling. Colin's spell put them in the ascendancy."