ANTIGUA: Australia’s right-arm pacer Pat Cummins on Thursday, etched his name in an elusive list of bowlers to claim a hat-trick in an ICC Men’s T20 World Cup match.
Cummins achieved the milestone in Australia’s Super Eight bout against Bangladesh at Sir Vivian Richards Stadium here.
He claimed two wickets — Mahmudullah (2) and Mahedi Hasan (0) — on the last two deliveries of his third over before striking on the first delivery of his final over, getting rid of Bangladesh’s batting mainstay Towhid Hridoy (40).
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Consequently, Pat Cummins became only the second Australian to take a hat-trick in a Men’s T20 World Cup, joining legendary pacer Brett Lee, who achieved the feat in the inaugural edition against the same opposition.
Overall, he joined an illustrious group of just seven players to have taken a hat-trick at a Men’s T20 World Cup.
Players to take a hat-trick in Men’s T20 World Cup
Pat Cummins (Australia) 2024 vs Bangladesh
Josh Little (Ireland) 2022 vs New Zealand
Karthik Meiyappan (UAE) 2022 vs Sri Lanka
Kagiso Rabada (South Africa) 2021 vs England
Wanindu Hasaranga (Sri Lanka) 2021 vs South Africa
Curtis Campher (Ireland) 2021 vs Netherlands
Brett Lee (Australia) 2007 vs Bangladesh
Reacting to his hat-trick, Cummins shared that he had no idea until he saw it coming up on the big screen.
“I had no idea (on the hat-trick), then saw when it came up on the screen. Set batter in, playing the innings, you never know how it’ll go about, so that was a big wicket (on Hridoy’s wicket) and happy to have restricted them,” Cummins shared.
The right-arm pacer was elated with Australia’s comfortable victory over Bangladesh in the Super Eight stage of the ongoing T20 World Cup 2024 and also opened up on the team’s bench strength, which features Nathan Ellis and Ashton Agar.
“Agar and Ellis have been on the bench for us, that shows the depth we have in the bowling unit. Fairly polished performance, the goal was to win and we did well with the run-rate, we’ll need to continue with the momentum going ahead in the Super 8s,” he added.
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