Vitality T20 Blast: Leicestershire's Colin Ackermann gets new T20 record scalping seven for 18

South African spinner Colin Ackermann set a new T20 world record with bowling figures of 7-18 in an English county match.

Playing for Leicestershire, Ackermann led the Foxes to a 55-run win against Birmingham Bears which also boosted their quarter-final chances.

The 28-year-old took the wickets of Michael Burgess, Sam Hain, Will Rhodes, Liam Banks, Alex Thomson, Henry Brookes and Jeetan Patel.

Colin Ackermann takes 7/18 - the best bowling figures in T20 history

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Malaysian bowler Arul Suppiah held the previous world record when he had claimed 6-5 for Somerset against Glamorgan in 2011.

Ackermann took six of his seven wickets in two overs as Birmingham lost their last eight for just 20 runs. They were bowled out for 134, chasing 190 at Grace Road.

"It's quite hard to believe, I didn't know that the record was seven wickets," Ackermann told BBC Radio Leicester.

The very definition of a bail trimmer! 

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"It hasn't really sunk in yet and I think it's the first time it's turned here at Grace Road in 20 years, which is fantastic for the spinners.

"It was a great all-round performance from the team to set the game up for the bowlers."

He added saying, "Never in a million years (did he think he would set a world record). I'm a batting all-rounder". Ackerman's previous best figures in the tournament were 3-21.