The best bowling figures in a women's T20 innings

Few things in Twenty20 cricket are as spellbinding as a bowler running through an entire batting line-up, and the women's game has produced some truly staggering single-innings hauls. Ranked by wickets first and then runs conceded, one performance sits above them all.

That honour belongs to Ellyse Perry, who claimed six wickets for just 15 runs in the WPL in 2024. It is a return that blends destruction with economy, and it stands as the finest figures on this list. Not far behind is Megan Schutt, whose six for 19 in the WBBL in 2022 made her the only other bowler here to take a six-wicket bag.

Beyond that pair, the five-wicket hauls dominate, and the most economical of the lot is a jaw-dropping one. Deandra Dottin's five for 5 in a T20 international in 2018 is a masterclass in miserliness, conceding barely a run per wicket. It edges ahead of a cluster of five for 8 efforts.

That group of five-wicket, eight-run performances is remarkably crowded. Nahida Akter (T20I, 2023) and Suné Luus (T20I, 2016) both got there internationally, while Amanda-Jade Wellington achieved the feat twice in the WBBL, in 2021 and again in 2022. Lucy Hamilton added another five for 8 in the WBBL in 2024, underlining how the competition keeps producing such spells.

Rounding out the list are two returns of five for 10. Hannah Darlington managed hers in the WBBL in 2023, while Molly Strano took her five for 10 in a T20 international back in 2017.

Across the WPL, WBBL and the international arena, these ten spells represent the very peak of destructive bowling, with Perry's 15-run haul the benchmark others chase.