Most wickets taken in an ICC World Cup final

In the final of the ICC Women's World Cup at Lord's, UK, on 23 July 2017, England's Anya Shrubsole took six wickets for 46 runs against India, finishing the match with a devastating spell of five wickets in 19 balls. No other player – male or female – has taken as many wickets in a World Cup final.

Joel Garner's (West Indies) five wickets for 38 runs against England at Lord's, UK, on 23 June 1979, and Gary Gilmour's (Australia) five wickets for 48 runs against the West Indies, also at Lord's, on 21 June 1975 remain the best male bowling figures in a World Cup final.

England's Nicky Shaw held the record for the most wickets taken in a Women's World Cup final before Shrubsole, with four wickets for 34 runs against New Zealand at Australia's North Sydney Oval on 22 March 2009.

Shrubsole's match-winning spell of five wickets in 19 balls started with the key wicket of Indian opener Punam Raut (86). England won the match by nine runs to claim their fourth ICC World Cup title (1973, 1993, 2009, 2017).

Shrubsole's final bowling analysis was 9.4 overs, 0 maidens, 46 runs, 6 wickets. She also effected a run-out in the 48th over (India's eighth wicket) before taking the final two wickets in the next over.

In 2017, Shrubsole was the first female cricketer to receive the Christopher Martin-Jenkins Spirit of Cricket Award, and she was shortlisted for the BBC Sports Personality of the Year alongside the likes of Mo Farah (athletics), Lewis Hamilton (F1), Harry Kane (soccer) and Johanna Konta (tennis).