Australia’s Pat Cummins claimed the first hat-trick of the T20 World Cup 2024 and the seventh overall during his team’s Group 1 Super 8 match against Bangladesh at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound, Antigua on Thursday, helping Australia restrict Bangladesh to 140/8.

After winning the toss, Australia opted to bowl first and were ahead of the game with regular strikes. Skipper Najmul Hossain Shanto (40) and Towhid Hridoy (40) made substantial contributions for Bangladesh before Cummins ran in the death overs. In the penultimate delivery of the 18th over, Mahmudullah chopped one from Cummins onto his stumps and off the final delivery of the over, MAhedi Hasan found the fielder at third man.

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Cummins got rid of the well-set Hridoy off the first delivery of his next over, the 20th of the innings, to become the second Australian bowler to claim a hat-trick in the T20 World Cup. Brett Lee was the first when he claimed the hat-trick against the same opposition in the 2007 edition.

BLOW-BY-BLOW ACCOUNT OF PAT CUMMINS HAT-TRICK

• 17.5 WICKET! Pat Cummins to Mahmudullah: OUT! CHOPPED ON! Australia continues to chip away at the wickets, and it is Pat Cummins this time! Cummins bends his back and digs in a cross-seam delivery outside off; Mahmudullah swivels in his crease and tries to fetch the pull from outside off. He goes through his shot early as the ball comes on slower than anticipated. It gets it off the bottom edge and goes back onto to crash into the stumps.
• 17.6 WICKET!  Pat Cummins to Mahedi Hasan: OUT! STRAIGHT TO THE FIELDER! Pat Cummins with the double whammy! Cummins goes into the wicket and gets an excellent steep bounce off this one; on off, Mahedi Hasan tries to use the pace and glide it down to deep third. He fails to control the bounce, and it flies off his bat. It goes straight down the throat of the deep third, where Adam Zampa takes it near his midriff. Cummins will be on a hat-trick on the first ball of his next over.
• 19.1 WICKET!  Pat Cummins to Towhid Hridoy: OUT! TAKEN! There it is, HAT-TRICK for Pat Cummins! The 7th man will pick up a hat trick in the T20 World Cups, and the 2nd Australian will do so after Brett Lee. Cummins serves it on a short of a good length, and it is slower as well; on off, Towhid Hridoy walks across his stumps to play the scoop, but there is no pace on the ball. It goes only as far as a short, fine leg where Josh Hazlewood takes it running backwards.

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