Madushanka joins Malinga, Vaas in elite club with ODI hat-trick

HARARE: Sri Lanka’s left-arm quick Dilshan Madushanka carved his name into the record books on Friday, becoming only the eighth Sri Lankan to claim an ODI hat-trick, a feat previously achieved by legends like Chaminda Vaas and Lasith Malinga.

The 24-year-old produced the magic in the final over of Zimbabwe’s chase during the first ODI, with the hosts needing 10 runs for victory.

Madushanka removed Sikandar Raza for a fighting 92 on the first ball, before trapping Brad Evans and Richard Ngarava for successive golden ducks to seal the contest.

His heroics swung the game in Sri Lanka’s favour as they secured a thrilling seven-run win against Zimbabwe while defending their 298-run total.

Madushanka finished with 4/62 in his 10 overs and was named Player of the Match for his match-winning spell.

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“It’s been a long time since I’ve been with the team, so I’m just very happy to do this on my comeback. We executed our plans at the death, and I’m delighted it worked out,” Madushanka said afterwards.

With this, Madushanka became the 46th bowler overall to register an ODI hat-trick. He now joins an illustrious Sri Lankan list that includes:

• Chaminda Vaas (vs Zimbabwe, 2001 & Bangladesh, 2003)
• Lasith Malinga (vs South Africa, 2007; Kenya, 2011; Australia, 2011)
• Farveez Maharoof (vs India, 2010)
• Thisara Perera (vs Pakistan, 2012)
• Wanindu Hasaranga (vs Zimbabwe, 2017)
• Shehan Madushanka (vs Bangladesh, 2018)
• Maheesh Theekshana (vs New Zealand, 2025)
• Dilshan Madushanka (vs Zimbabwe, 2025)

Notably, Vaas remains the only Sri Lankan to have claimed two ODI hat-tricks, while Malinga stands alone as the only bowler in world cricket with three.

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