A women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) is an international cricket match between two teams, each having WT20I status, as determined by the International Cricket Council (ICC), the sport's world governing body. In a women's Twenty20 match, the two teams play a single innings, each of which is restricted to a maximum of 20 overs. Law 13.6.1 All matches will consist of one innings per side, each innings being limited to a maximum of 20 overs. All matches shall be of one day's scheduled duration. The Twenty20 format was originally introduced by the England and Wales Cricket Board for the men's county cricket competition with the first matches contested on 13 June 2003 between the English counties in the Twenty20 Cup. The first women's Twenty20 International match took place on 5 August 2004 when New Zealand defeated England by nine runs at the County Cricket Ground in Hove. This match was held six months before the first men's Twenty20 International, contested between Australia and New Zealand in February 2005.
A five-wicket haul (also known as a "five-for" or "fifer") refers to a bowler taking five or more wickets in a single innings. This is regarded as a notable achievement, especially in the Twenty20 format, as bowlers can bowl no more than four overs in an innings. Law 13.9.1 No bowler shall bowl more than 4 overs in an innings. The first five-wicket haul in a WT20I match was taken by New Zealand's Amy Satterthwaite against England in August 2007. Satterthwaite took six wickets for 17 runs, the first six-wicket haul in the international format. In April 2026, Brazil's Laura Cardoso took 9 wickets, the best bowling figures in an innings. Indonesia's Rohmalia Rohmalia (7 wickets for 0 runs against Mongolia), Nepal's Anjali Chand (6 for 0 against the Maldives), and Tanzania's Nasra Saidi (5 wickets for 0 runs against Mali), all three have the most economical bowling figures in women's T20Is with an economy rate of zero. Shabnim Ismail of South Africa took the least economical five-wicket haul, bowling with an economy rate of 7.82 against India in February 2018. At the age 51 years and 171 days, Joanne Hicks of Isle of Man is the oldest player to take five wickets in an innings while Botsogo Mpedi of Botswana who returned figures of 6 for 8 against Lesotho during the Botswana 7s tournament in Gaborone in August 2018, is the youngest at 15 years and 198 days. Mpedi alongside Chand, Indonesia's Dara Paramitha, Zimbabwe's Esther Mbofana, Samoa's Teinemane Faimalo and Rohmalia are the only bowlers to take a five-wicket haul on WT20I debut. There have been only 15 occurrences in which a five-wicket haul did not result in a victory to the team.
, 153 five-wicket hauls have been taken by 131 different players. Kary Chan of Hong Kong has taken four five-wicket hauls in WT20Is.
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+ Key Symbol Meaning Bowler The bowler who took the five-wicket haul The bowler was named player of the match The bowler's debut match Wkts Number of wickets taken Runs Number of runs conceded Overs Number of overs bowled Econ Economy rate (runs conceded per over) Inn Innings in which the five-wicket haul was taken Team The team the bowler was representing Opposition The team the bowler was playing against Venue The cricket ground where the match was played Date Day on which the match was held Batters Batters whose wickets were taken Result Result for the team for which the five-wicket haul was taken Light blue background indicates this happened during a Women's T20 World Cup match.
Five-wicket hauls