New Zealand pacer Lockie Ferguson bowled four maidens in his spell against Papua New Guinea in match No. 39 of the T20 World Cup 2024 at the Brian Lara Stadium, Tarouba, Trinidad.
The right-arm pacer took three wickets and became only the second bowler after Canada’s Saad Bin Zafar to bowl 4 maiden overs in a men’s T20I.
Meanwhile, he now holds the record for bowling the most economical spell in the T20 World Cup.
Most economical 4-over spells in Men’s T20 World Cup
3/0 - Lockie Ferguson (NZ) vs PNG, Tarouba, 2024*
3/4 - Tim Southee (NZ) vs UGA, Tarouba, 2024
2/4 - Frank Nsubuga (UGA) vs PNG, Guyana, 2024
4/7 - Anrich Nortje (SA) vs SL, New York, 2024
2/7 - Trent Boult (NZ) vs UGA, Tarouba, 2024
The 33-year-old pacer struck with his very first ball to remove Papua New Guinea captain Assad Valada for 6 (16), and tied up the new batter to open his spell with a maiden in the powerplay.
And he was understandably kept on to bowl the first over after the powerplay, once again keeping things tight with an excellent maiden.
He returned to the attack for the 12th over and picked up the wicket of Charles Amini 17 (25), and finished with his third wicket-maiden with the 14th over of the innings, cleaning up Chad Soper for 1(6).
There were celebrations and handshakes for Ferguson when he fielded the sixth ball of his fourth over off his own bowling to finish with four consecutive maidens and complete his historic achievement.
