New Delhi: It seems Pat Cummins has made a bucket list and is firmly ticking off all the boxes on it one at a time. He is leaving no stone unturned in achieving things that are a rarity in the game. He added one more feather to his cap after bagging back-to-back hat-tricks in the T20 World Cup 2024 and has unlocked a new milestone of becoming the first bowler to take consecutive hat-tricks in T20Is. He has also become the first player to pick two hat-tricks in T20 World Cup history.
In the Australia vs Afghanistan Super 8 clash of the ongoing T20 showpiece, Pat Cummins replicated what he did a couple of days back as his hat-trick spanned across two over. In the 18th over of the Afghanistan innings, Pat Cummins bagged his first wicket of the match as he sent back Afghan skipper Rashid Khan who holed out to Tim David at the long on.
He returned to bowl the final over of the innings and started off with his second wicket, removing Karim Janat this time, again with the help of David. In the next delivery, he achieved the unimaginable as he sent back Gulbadin Naib on a golden duck who holed out to Glenn Maxwell at the deep mid-wicket. Cummins had a beaming smile on his face but didn’t celebrate it much which tells a lot about his playing nature. It was almost like he casually did it like nothing really happened.
Consecutive #T20WorldCup hat-tricks 🤯
For the second time in just a matter of days, Pat Cummins celebrates an @MyIndusIndBank milestone 🔥 #AUSvAFG pic.twitter.com/AMCHgKllf1
— ICC (@ICC) June 23, 2024
Watch Cummins’ hat-trick against Afghanistan –
There’s rarely anything that seems to be left for the blue-eyed boy hailing from Westmead, Australia. He picked up the first hat-trick of the marquee event on June 21 in the Super 8 clash against Bangladesh. The hat-trick was spanned across two overs as he picked up two wickets in the last deliveries of the 18th over and grabbed the final one in the last over’s first ball. With this, he became the second Australian to pick a T20 World Cup hat-trick and the seventh overall to have achieved the landmark in the ICC event.
Two hat-tricks in T20Is
Lasith Malinga (SL)
Tim Southee (NZ)
Mark Pavlovic (SER)
Waseem Abbas (MALTA)
Pat Cummins (AUS)
Hat-tricks in consecutive international matches
Wasim Akram vs Sri Lanka (Tests, 1999)
Pat Cummins vs Bangladesh and Afghanistan (T20 WC 2024)
Australia’s Jimmy Matthews claimed two hat-tricks in the same Test against South Africa at the Old Trafford in 1912.
Hat-tricks in Men’s T20 World Cups
Brett Lee (AUS) vs BAN, Cape Town, 2007
Curtis Campher (IRE) vs NED, Abu Dhabi, 2021
Wanindu Hasaranga (SL) vs SA, Sharjah, 2021
Kagiso Rabada (SA) vs ENG, Sharjah, 2021
Karthik Meiyappan (UAE) vs SL, Geelong, 2022
Joshua Little (IRE) vs NZ, Adelaide, 2022
Pat Cummins (AUS) vs BAN, Antigua, 2024
Pat Cummins (AUS) vs AFG, Kingstown, 2024
Australia bowlers with hat-tricks in T20Is
Brett Lee vs Bangladesh, Cape Town, 2007
Ashton Agar vs South Africa, Johannesburg, 2020
Nathan Ellis vs Bangladesh, Mirpur, 2021
Pat Cummins vs Bangladesh, Antigua, 2024
Pat Cummins vs Afghanistan, Kingstown, 2024
Australia halted Afghanistan at 148/6 in 20 overs and are up for the run-chase, looking to continue their unbeaten run in the marquee event and inching closer to a semifinal berth from Super 8 Group 1.
Pat Cummins registered consecutive hat-tricks in the ongoing T20 World Cup 2024, recording the feat in the Australia vs Afghanistan Super 8 clash at the Arnos Vale Ground in St. Vincent on Saturday. Cricket Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Cricket Live Score, Sports Breaking News from Sports Today
