Pakistan captain Sana scored 50 off 15 balls in a match-winning innings against Zimbabwe in Karachi.

Pakistan’s Fatima Sana has broken the world record for the fastest half-century in women’s T20 international cricket with a 15-ball 50 against Zimbabwe.

Playing at home at the National Stadium in Karachi, the all-rounder top-scored with 62 runs off 19 balls as Pakistan beat the visitors by 133 runs and sealed the series 3-0.

Sana broke the record of an 18-ball half-century jointly held by Sophie Devine of New Zealand, Phoebe Litchfield of Australia and India’s Richa Ghosh.

The captain let loose from the first delivery of her innings, scoring a boundary past point, as Pakistan chose to bat first.…