NZW vs AUSW: WATCH – White Ferns’ spinner Leigh Kasperek stuns everyone with a 38 kmph delivery

The arrival of the T20 format in cricket has cut down the margin of error, especially for bowlers, irrespective of the conditions. The batting dominated set-up has also impacted the classic One-Day International (ODI) format, where bowlers had some sort of space left to dominate the proceeding𝐆s.

And due to the change in tactics in batting over the past few years, fans have also seen the modern mo♌difications implemented by bowlers to leave their influence visible. One of the major strategies levied by bowlerไs worldwide is to bowl slower deliveries, which help them deceive the batsmen and stop the run-flow as well, especially in the death overs.

In fact, bowlers have further added some more variations to their slower balls, like off-cutters, leg-cutters, back of the hand deliveries, and knuckle balls. However, on Saturday, during the third ODI match between Australia Women and New Zealand Women, White Ferns’ off-spinner Leigh Kasperek took everyone by surprise ꦆwith an extremely slower delivery that clocked at 38 kmph.

It all happened in the eighth over of Aussie innings when Beth Mooney was at the strike. Kasperek came round the wicket and bowled the slowest ball of the match. ✨The delivery ha⛄d no pace at all, and Mooney had to reach out for it as she eventually hit it towards long-off to run a single.

Here is the video:

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Meg Lanning heaps praise on Kasperek

In the match, which was a rain-affected affair reduced to 25 overs a side, Australia registered victory by 21 runs and continued their unbelievable winning streak, which now stands at 24 wins. Put to bat first at Bay Oval in Mount Maunganui, the visitors posted 149/7, with Alyssa Healy scoring the maximum 46 runs.

In reply, the home team could only manage to reach 128/9 in 25 overs, falling short of 21 runs. All-rounder Lea Tahuhu (21) and skipper Amy Satterthwaite (20) were the highest scorers for the White Ferns.