Jhulan Goswami becomes leading wicket-taker in Women's World Cup history

Seventeen years after her first wicket in the tournament, Anisa Mohammed became Goswami's 40th in India's win over West Indies

Jhulan Goswami has become the most successful bowler in Women's World Cup history, dismissing West Indies off-spinner Anisa Mohammed to claim her 40th wicket in the competition.

She picked up her first scalp 17 years ago, removing Sri Lanka's Inoka Galagedara at Pretoria in 2005.

Remarkably, in having Mohammed caught, Goswami maintained her record of never having dismissed the same player twice at a World Cup, with 40 different players on her list of scalps.

She moves ahead of Australia's Lyn Fullston, whose 39 wickets came at 11.94 apiece. The English pair of Carol Hodges (37) and Clare Taylor (36) are next in line.

Her nearest active rivals are all 13 wickets behind, with Dane van Niekerk – missing from this year's tournament with an ankle injury, Ellyse Perry and Megan Schutt each with 27 to their name.

After starring in India's win over West Indies, Smriti Mandhana paid tribute to her teammate, saying: "I think that's a big achievement and we are really, really happy for her and really proud of her and we all get motivated a lot by her work ethic and the way she is on the field."

^{Goswami celebrates the wicket of Lisa Keightley, now England's coach, at the 2005 World Cup (Rajesh Jantilal/AFP via Getty Images)}

Goswami, who is 39 years of age, could well reach further milestones in the competition: she is just one shy of becoming the first woman to 250 ODI wickets, while she is also two short of her 200th cap. She would be just the second player to that landmark, behind her captain, Mithali Raj.

At the 2017 World Cup, where Goswami was a runner-up with India, Marizanne Kapp and Anya Shrubsole were the only seamers to claim more wickets than Goswami, who also picked up nine in the previous World Cup four years earlier.