Killed 7 batsmen in 3 overs, a great feat at the age of 17, and narrowly missed the world record.
The matches of the ICC Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier are currently being played in Rwanda. 8 teams are playing in this tournament. Group A includes Kenya, Namibia, Rwanda, and Uganda, while Group B includes Malawi, Nigeria, Tanzania and Zimbabwe. During this tournament, Ugandan bowler Lorna Enayat bowled an amazing spell. She bowled brilliantly against the Kenyan team and led her team to victory.
Kenya's team fell before Lorna Enayat.
In this match played between Uganda and Kenya, Uganda's team won by 9 wickets. In this match, Lorna Enayat was the hero of Uganda's victory. Lorna Enayat bowled only 3 overs in the match and took 7 wickets. The special thing was that she conceded only 6 runs during this time and also bowled 1 maiden over. Apart from this, she bowled a total of 15 dot balls. Due to this performance of Lorna Enayat, Kenya's team collapsed after scoring 37 runs in 13.5 overs.
In this match, Kenya won the toss and decided to bat first. During this, Kenya lost only 1 wicket at a score of 18 runs, but after this Lorna Enayat's magical bowling was seen, due to which the whole team was all out at 37 runs. After this, amazing batting was also seen in Uganda. The team achieved the target of 38 runs at the loss of 1 wicket in 8.1 overs. This is Uganda's second consecutive win in this tournament.
Lorna Enayat is a spin bowler and she is currently only 17 years old. She is also a part of the senior team of Uganda. She has played 23 T20 matches for the Ugandan team so far. During this time, Lorna Enayat has taken a total of 15 wickets and scored 30 runs. Let us tell you, even though Lorna Enayat has come into the limelight by taking 7 wickets for 6 runs, she has not been able to break the world record of Under-19 cricket. Let us tell you, the record of the best spell in Under-19 is in the name of Melvin Khagoitsa of Kenya. He took 7 wickets for 3 runs in a T20 match against Eswatini.