Australia Women's leg-spinner Alana King produced a fiery bowling performance during their last league stage match in the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2025, where they faced South Africa Women at Indore on Saturday (October 25). King set a new Women’s Cricket World Cup record by recording the first-ever seven-wicket haul in the tournament's history.
After Australia Women chose to bowl first, they bundled out South Africa Women for only 97 runs in 24 overs, where Alana King had the bowling figures of 7-2-18-7. Among the Proteas batters, only the skipper Laura Wolvaardt (31), wicketkeeper-batter Sinalo Jafta (29), and the all-rounder Nadine de Klerk (14) managed to score double-digit runs in that innings.
In reply, Australia Women chased down the paltry target in 16.5 overs after losing only three wickets, as the defending champions and seven-time winners Australia Women have confirmed their table-top position with 13 points after seven games with six wins and one no result.
With her seven-fer bowling figures, Alana King set the new record for the best bowling figures in the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup. Some of her top records in the match are below:
Alana King's shiny records during the ICC Women's Cricket World Cup 2025 league stage match against South Africa Women
Alana King became the first bowler to record a seven-wicket haul in the Women’s Cricket World Cup history. The previous best bowling figures record was 8-2-10-6 by New Zealand Women cricketer Jackie Lord vs India Women at Auckland in 1982.
- Alana King recorded the best bowling figures in Women’s ODI history for Australia Women. The previous record holder was Ellyse Perry with the bowling figures of 10-4-22-7 against England Women at Canterbury in 2019.
- Without any doubt, Alana King became the first bowler to claim a seven-wicket haul against South Africa Women in Women’s ODI history. The previous Women’s ODI best bowling figures record against South Africa Women was 9-2-26-6 by Pakistan Women’s Nasra Sandhu during the 2025 Lahore WODI.
- Alana King became the sixth bowler and fourth spinner to record a seven-wicket haul in Women’s ODI history.
