Ireland’s Curtis Campher not only became just the third bowler to take four wickets in four balls in a T20 international, but also became the first to achieve it in a World Cup game.
Bowling the 10th over of Ireland’s first game of the 2021 T20 World Cup against the Netherlands, Curtis Campher picked up wickets off the second, third, fourth and fifth ball of the over, becoming just the third person to do so in T20 internationals.
After having Colin Ackermann caught behind. Ryan ten Doeschate was out lbw. Campher completed his hat-trick when he dismissed Scott Edwards lbw. Campher made it four out of four when he cleaned up Roelof van der Merwe, who chopped the ball on to his stumps.
Even though Ireland failed to qualify for the Super 12 stage, Camphers feat is a special one. Apart from picking four out of four, he also became just the second bowler, after Brett Lee against Bangladesh in 2007, to pick a hat-trick in a T20 World Cup game.
Afghanistan’s Rashid Khan became the first player to take four wickets in four balls in a T20 international when he achieved the feat against Ireland at Dehradun in February 2019. After dismissing Kevin O’Brien off the last ball of the 16th over, Rashid got the wickets of George Dockrell, Shane Getkate and Simi Singh off the first three balls of the 18th over.
Sri Lanka’s Lasith Malinga became the second player to take four wickets in four balls in a T20 international and the first to do it in both ODIs and T20Is when he did it in a game against New Zealand at Pallekele, Sri Lanka in September 2019. In the third over of New Zealand’s chase, Malinga dismissed Colin Munro, Hamish Rutherford, Colin de Grandhomme and Ross Taylor off the third, fourth, fifth and sixth deliveries of the over.
Picture Credit : Google
