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Henriette Ishimwe picks up four wickets in four balls as Rwanda stun Zimbabwe

Henriette Ishimwe picked up four wickets in four balls to hasten Zimbabwe's end ICC via Getty Images

Rwanda Under-19s 119 for 8 (Gisele 34, Moyo 3-22) beat Zimbabwe Under-19s 80 all out (Mtomba 20, Henriette 4-13) by 39 runs

Rwanda have registered a historic first victory at a cricket World Cup after their under-19 team beat Zimbabwe by 39 runs in their second group match.

Rwanda's top three scored the bulk of their 119 runs with none of the other batters getting into double-figures, but they defended their total fiercely. They had Zimbabwe 80 for 5 before capping victory with five wickets in six balls including four in four balls by seamer Henriette Ishimwe. Her hat-trick is the second at this tournament after South Africa's Madison Landsman took the competition's first against Scotland on Monday.

The Zimbabwean collapse started with a run-out in the 17th over, when victory already seemed to be evading their grasp. They needed 39 runs off 14 balls when Adel Zimunu was run-out by Rwanda captain Giselle Ishimwe.

Henriette - no relation - then stepped up to bowl the 19th over. She bowled Kudzai Chigora, had Olinder Chare given out lbw and then removed both Chipo Moyo and Faith Ndlalambi's stumps to seal victory with eight balls remaining. She told ESPNcricinfo that all four deliveries were "yorkers, because that's a delivery I practise a lot."

Her performance in this match built on her form leading into the tournament. Henriette also took 2 for 19 in Rwanda's one-run win over Ireland in the warm-up matches, and has been capped 44 times for the senior side as well.

Rwanda's victory may come as bittersweet for their coach Leonard Nhamburo, who is Zimbabwean and was previously involved with their senior women's side, as an assistant coach and interim head coach. Nhamburo is experienced on the continent and has also coached the Namibian national women's team before moving to Rwanda in 2021.

ZIM-WMN U19 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st11Kay NdirayaNL Mtomba
2nd26Kelly NdirayaNL Mtomba
3rd23KT NdhlovuKelly Ndiraya
4th2A ZimunuKelly Ndiraya
5th10T MarumaniA Zimunu
6th8A ZimunuVM Mutungwindu
7th0K ChigoraVM Mutungwindu
8th0O ChareVM Mutungwindu
9th0VM MutungwinduC Moyo
10th0VM MutungwinduF Ndlalambi

ICC Women's Under-19 T20 World Cup

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