ICC Women's World Cup: Five best spells 

The recently concluded ICC Women's World Cup provided plenty of excitement and fanfare to the millions of people all across the globe.

Tournament hosts - and one of the firm favourites to lift the coveted trophy, England edged out India in a nail biting thriller in the summit clash of this iconic competition at the Mecca of Cricket, Lord's.

While the batters have dominated most of this high voltage competition, there have been some notable performances with the ball which has resulted in some famous wins for their teams.

Lets us relive some of the impact performances from the bowlers in this World Cup:

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#5 Ekta Bisht

The Indian eves were up against the arch rivals Pakistan in their third league match of this mega event at the County Ground in Derby. The game was touted to be one of the most awaited clashes as two fiercely competitive teams locked horns in an epic encounter.

Mithali Raj, the skipper of the Indian team won the toss and elected to bat first. However, the move seemed to have backfired as the team kept losing wickets at regular intervals. A late lower order surge by Sushma Verma ensured that the Indian team reach a total of 169 runs in their stipulated quota of overs.

Defending a below par total on the board, the team was in dire needs of early wickets, and it was exactly what Ekta Bisht provided. Opening the bowling along with the experienced Jhulan Goswami, the left arm spinner bowled a consistent line and length to trouble the Pakistan batting unit.

She reaped massive dividends with her ball that comes into the right handed batter as most of her wickets were adjudged as LBW. Her exploits with the ball at the top of the order resulted in the Pakistan outfit being bundled out for a partly score of 74 runs.

The 31-year-old returned with figures of five for 18 in her quota of 10 overs to give the Indian team an emphatic 95 run victory.

#4 Holly Huddleston

Holly Huddleston started the World Cup with a bang against Sri Lanka New Zealand medium pacer Holly Huddleston set the World Cup alight on the opening day of this prestigious tournament by scalping five wickets in the inaugural match against Sri Lanka at Bristol.

Opting to bowl first after winning the toss, Huddleston made optimum use of the fresh wicket on offer to dent the Lankan batting unit.

She broke the back bone of the batting unit by picking up crucial wickets in the middle order including the prized wicket of the experienced Shashikala Siriwardena.

The Lankan outfit failed to get over the early jitters and was eventually bowled out for 188 runs with Huddleston returning with figures of five for 35 in her ten overs.

The run chase was always going to be easy for the formidable batting line up of the White Ferns. Riding on skipper Suzie Bates' scintillating hundred and a half century from Amy Satterthwaite, the side romped home with nine wickets to spare.

#3 Dane Van Niekerk

The South African skipper after picking up a wicket. South Africa captain Dane Van Niekerk has been in sublime form throughout the Women's World Cup.

Despite bowing out of this event after a close loss to England in the semi finals, Van Niekerk ended the campaign as the leading wicket taker with 15 wickets in her seven matches.

The leg spinner produced a magical spell against West Indies in the league phase of this showpiece event. Coming into the bowl after some serious damage done by Marizanne Kapp, the leg spinner picked up four wickets in her three overs without giving away a single run.

She wrecked the lower middle order of the Windies and bundled them out for 48 runs in the first innings. The Proteas returned with the bat to chase down the target under seven overs with ten wickets to spare.

#2 Rajeshwari Gayakwad

Rajeshwari Gayakwad's match winning performance against New Zealand.

The left arm spinner of the Indian team was arguably one of the best slow bowlers in the World Cup.

The 26-year-old was at the forefront of India's campaign against the White Ferns in the virtual quarter finals of the tournament. After warming the bench for the first six matches, Gayakwad was drafted into the squad in place of Ekta Bisht.

The Indian team started this knockout game in commanding fashion with Mithali Raj scoring a match winning hundred. She was well supported by the middle order with useful contributions from Harmanpreet Kaur and Veda Krishnamurthy.

A complete batting performance from the Indian team resulted in a huge total of 267 runs in the first innings.

Despite the massive total on the board, the White Ferns have tremendous depth in their batting department which meant the Indian team ought to pick up some early wickets.

With Gayakwad probing the batters with her consistent line and length, the runs seemed hard to come. The pressure of the steeping run rate got the better of the batters as they tried to attack her but only managed to throw away their wickets.

The Bijapur born player picked up five wickets for 15 runs in her seven over spell including the vital wickets of the experienced Amy Satterthwaite and Sophie Devine.

Her exploits with the ball resulted in the White Ferns being bowled out for 79 runs, their lowest score in the history of the World Cup.

#1 Anya Shrubsole

Anya Shrubsole celebrates after picking up a wicket in the finals of the tournament

The full house at the Home of Cricket was treated to a pure sporting drama as the two finalists England and India battled it out for the iconic trophy. The home team won the toss and elected to bat first. Riding on contributions from the middle order and vital half century from Natalie Sciver they managed to post a below par score of 228 runs in their quota of overs.

The pressure of the finals and a chance to create history, the run chase was never going to be an easy affair.

While at one point the Indian team were coasting towards the target courtesy a gutsy half century from Punam Raut, England needed something special from their bowlers.

That something special was provided by the vice-captain of the side, Anya Shrubsole, who produced one of the magical spells in the history of the World Cup.

With just under 40 runs required and eight wickets in hand, the match was largely in the favour of the visiting side.

However, the experienced medium pacer had other ideas as she first dismissed a well set Raut for 86 and then accounted for the lower middle order in quick succession. The Indian team failed to recover from these jitters and eventually succumbed by nine runs.

Shrubsole was deservedly named the player of the match for her figures of six for 46 in this summit clash. The spell also helped the England team lift the World Cup for the fourth time in history.