5 best bowling figures in an innings in ICC Women's Cricket World Cup 2025

Overview

• Alana King registered the best bowling figures in an innings by a bowler in the ICC Women's Cricket World Cup 2025 against South Africa Women
• Marizanne Kapp's incredible 5/20(10) helped the South African Women beat England Women in the semifinal to progress to the final
• Deepti Sharma bowled arguably the best spell of her career, as she claimed 5/39 in the final against South Africa Women

In the ICC Women's Cricket World Cup in 2025, some of the bowlers delivered great bowling performances throughout the tournament. In some matches, certain individuals bowled exceptionally well and played a key role in their team's winning cause. Most of these spells were very crucial in their team's best wins of the tournament.

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5 best bowling figures in an innings in the ICC Women's Cricket World Cup 2025

Sophie Ecclestone's 10-3-17-4 against Sri Lanka Women, Colombo (RPS)

Ecclestone's brilliant spell came in the group stage match of the tournament between England Women and the Sri Lankan Women at R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo. England claimed a massive win in the match, and the left-arm orthodox spinner bowled her best spell of the tournament.

Ecclestone bowled 10 overs and conceded no runs in three of her overs. She claimed 4 wickets and conceded just 17 runs, whose spell had an economy rate of just 1.70 and a strike rate of 15.00.

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Annabel Sutherland's 9.5-0-40-5 against India Women, Vishakhapatnam

Annabel Sutherland's spell came in the group stage match between India Women and Australia Women in Vishakhapatnam. The match witnessed a run fest where both teams scored over 330 runs, and the Australian Women registered the second-highest run chase in the history of Women's ODIs.

Sutherland bowled 9.5 overs and turned out to be the best bowler of the night. She claimed 5 wickets and conceded just 40 runs on a good batting surface, whose spell had an economy rate of 4.06 and a great strike rate of 11.80.

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Deepti Sharma's 9.3-0-39-5 against South Africa Women, Navi Mumbai

Deepti Sharma bowled arguably the best spell of her career in the final of the ICC Women's World Cup 2025 at the DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai. The star All-rounder claimed a fifer in the final and finished the tournament as the leading wicket-taker.

Deepti bowled 9.3 overs and ended the match as the highest wicket-taker. She claimed 5 wickets and conceded only 39 runs, whose spell had an economy rate of 4.10 and a strike rate of 11.4.

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Marizanne Kapp's 7-3-20-5 against England Women, Guwahati

Marizanne Kapp bowled a dream spell in the first semifinal of the tournament between England and South Africa at the Barsapara Stadium in Guwahati. She seemed unplayable as the English batters looked clueless.

The veteran bowled 7 overs and conceded no runs in three of her overs. She claimed 5 wickets and conceded just 20 runs, whose spell had an economy rate of just 2.85 and a brilliant strike rate of 8.4.

Alana King's 7-2-18-5 against South Africa Women, Indore

Alana King registered the best bowling spell of the tournament in the group stage match against South Africa Women in Indore. Her spell helped the Australian Women to continue their winning streak till the semifinal.

Alana bowled 7 overs and conceded no runs in two of her overs. She claimed a whopping 7 wickets and conceded just 18 runs, whose spell had an economy rate of just 2.57 and an astonishing strike rate of 6.00.