Vinay Kumar
Today, on Friday, November 4, New Zealand captain Kane Williamson performed well in the match against New Zealand and Ireland (NZL vs IRE T20 World Cup, 2022). A great half-century came off his bat. Moving towards the century today, Ireland bowler Josh Little got him out. And in his next 2 balls, 2 more batsmen showed the way to the pavilion and scored a hat-trick.
Significantly, this is the second hat-trick of this latest World Cup. Josh Little took a hat-trick wicket in the 19th over of New Zealand’s batting. He got Captain Kane Williamson caught by Captain New Zealand on the second ball of his over. After that James Neesham became LBW.
Mitchell Santenar becomes third victim
Josh Little lbw to Mitchell Santner on a hat-trick ball. In this way his hat-trick was completed and, this is the second hat-trick of this fresh World Cup. Earlier, UAE bowler Palanipan Meiyappan took a hat-trick in Round-1 against Sri Lanka (UAE vs SRL T20 World Cup, 2022).
Josh Little becomes 40th hat-trick in T20 World Cup
The history of the T20 World Cup tells that in the first season of the ICC T20 World Cup, 2007, the first hat-trick was taken by the Australian bowler Brett Lee. He took that hat-trick in AUS vs BAN, T20 World Cup, 2007 match in Cape Town.