Leicestershire Foxes captain Colin Ackermann broke the record of the best bowling figures in the history of T20 cricket. He led his team to a big win with bowling figures of 7/18 against the Birmingham Bears on Wednesday in the Vitality T20 Blast.

The previous best T20 figures were 6-5, set by Somerset spinner Arul Suppiah back in 2011.

His outstanding bowling display restricted the Bears to 134 chasing Leicestershire’s score of 189-5. The batsmen to get dismissed by Colin were Michael Burgess, Sam Hain, Will Rhodes, Liam Banks, Alex Thomson, Henry Brookes, and Jeetan Patel.

“It hasn’t really sunk in. I’m sure I’ll remember this game for a long time,” Colin said. “I think it’s the first time it’s really turned at Grace Road. I tried to use my height and get a bit of bounce.

“I wanted to get the batters to hit into the bigger side of the field and mixed up my pace.” He added: “Never in a million years (did he think he would set a world record). I’m a batting all-rounder.”

Wawrickshire skipper Patel said: “You can’t take away from a great display of bowling. Colin’s spell put them in the ascendancy.”

(With PTI Inputs)