5 records that were created in ICC Women's World Cup 2017

#3 Four wickets without conceding a single run

Van Niekerk celebrates after taking a wicket against the West Indies

The 2017 Women's World Cup was a successful one as it saw a lot of tight matches being contested, with the final being the best match of the tournament. One of the very few one-sided contests in the tournament was the group stage game between South Africa and West Indies in Leicester.

West Indies were bundled out for just 48 batting first and the Proteas chased down the total in just 6.2 overs with all 10 wickets in hand. South African skipper Dane Van Niekerk created history in the match by becoming the first player (male or female) to take four wickets without conceding a run in any format of the game.

#DaneVanNiekerk3.2 overs4 wickets3 maidens0 runsThat is not a typo!?? @danevn81#SAvWI #WWC17 pic.twitter.com/xrqNoCSJ9o

— Cricket World Cup (@cricketworldcup) July 2, 2017

The leggie bowled 3.2 overs and took the wickets of Merissa Aguilleira, Shanel Daley, Chedean Nation and Qiana Joseph to end with figures of 3.2-0-0-4.

In the history of cricket, there have been 66 instances (62 men and four women) of a bowler picking up a wicket without conceding a single run. Out of those 66 occasions, this is just the fifth time a bowler had picked up more than one wicket without conceding a run.

Australia's Richie Benaud held the record for most wickets without conceding a run when he took three wickets in his 3.4 overs against India in 1959. In women's cricket, this record was held by England's Gill Smith, whose figures read 5-5-0-2 against Ireland in 1990.