In honour of Umar Gul’s remarkable 5-6 yesterday (youtube here), here are four more of the best-ever T20I bowling performances:
- Mark Gillespie’s 4-7 against Kenya in 2007, taken in less than three overs. Gillespie’s bowling, a record at the time, condemned Kenya to their worst-ever total of 73 all out (although they managed to post an even more humiliating 67 all out against Ireland in Belfast the following year).
- Gul himself has the third-best figures, taking 4-8 in Pakistan’s Dubai demolition of Australia back in May (youtube here).
- The fourth-best analysis is Dale Steyn’s 4-9 against the West Indies, which included an absolute ripper to see off Devon Smith. Sadly for Steyn, the Windies were chasing down a meagre 58 in a rain-shortened match, so his remarkable haul wasn’t enough to secure victory for his side.
- The fifth-best figures come from earlier on this week – Shahid Afridi’s 4-11 against the Netherlands in the decisive match that saw the Dutch eliminated from the World Twenty20 (youtube here).
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