T20 WC 2024: Pat Cummins Creats History Taking Hat-tric As Aus Beat Bangladesh
- By Thetripurapost Sports Desk, Antigua
- Jun 21, 2024
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Australia has written the story of its dominance as expected. It has defeated Bangladesh in its first match of the Super-8 of T20 World Cup 2024. It rained in the match but it could not save Bangladesh from defeat as it was too late by then. The result of the match came out on Duckworth Lewis, in which Australia defeated Bangladesh by 28 runs. With this victory over Bangladesh, Australia has also defeated Team India.
Bangladesh's first wicket fell on the third ball of the match. After this, however, there was a half-century partnership for the second wicket. But, as soon as it broke, Bangladesh's batting became worse. Bangladesh's most successful batsmen were captain Shanto and Tauheed. Both of them scored 40 and 41 runs respectively. Bangladesh scored 140 runs for 8 wickets in 20 overs.
Out of the 8 wickets that Bangladesh lost, 3 wickets were taken by Pat Cummins, which came as a hat-trick. Apart from this, Adam Zampa took 2 wickets, while Starc, Maxwell and Stoinis got 1 wicket each.
Now Australia had a target of 141 runs. Chasing this target, the opening pair of Travis Head and David Warner added 65 runs for the first wicket to the score board. Head was dismissed after scoring 31 runs in 21 balls, which included 3 fours and 2 sixes. His wicket was taken by Rishad Hussain. Rishad also dismissed captain Mitchell Marsh in his next over, who could score only 1 run.
David Warner was still playing with 53 runs off 35 balls and Maxwell with 14 runs off 6 balls when it started raining. During this time Australia's score was 100 runs for 2 wickets in 11.2 overs. Meaning victory was not far away. But, the match stopped here and could not be started again. The result was that Australia was declared the winner. Pat Cummins, who took a hat-trick in the match, was chosen as the Player of the Match.
Meanwhile Pat Cummins created history on the morning of 21 June 2024 (Indian time) at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in North Sound, Antigua.
He became the first bowler to take a hat-trick in the T20 World Cup 2024. Pat Cummins is the second Australian and the 7th bowler overall to take a hat-trick in the T20 World Cup.
Bowlers who took hat-tricks in ICC Men's T20 World Cup
Brett Lee (Australia) vs Bangladesh, Cape Town, 2007
Curtis Campher (Ire) vs Netherlands, Abu Dhabi, 2021
Wanindu Hasaranga (Sri Lanka) v South Africa, Sharjah, 2021
Kagiso Rabada (South Africa) vs England, Sharjah, 2021
Karthik Meiyappan (UAE) vs Sri Lanka, Geelong, 2022
Joshua Little (Ire) vs New Zealand, Adelaide, 2022
Pat Cummins (Australia) v Bangladesh, Antigua, 2024
Australia has taken 3 hat-tricks in ICC events so far. Pat Cummins is the second Australian to take a hat-trick in ICC events. Before him, this achievement was only in the name of Brett Lee. Brett Lee did this in 2003 and 2007. Brett Lee took both these hat-tricks in South Africa.
Australians who took hat-tricks in ICC events
Brett Lee v Kenya, 2003
Brett Lee v Bangladesh, 2007
Pat Cummins vs Bangladesh, 2024
In the match against Bangladesh, Pat Cummins took the wickets of Mahmudullah on the fifth ball of the 18th over, Mehdi Hasan on the next ball and Tauheed Hridoy on the first ball of the 20th over. This is the sixth time in international cricket that Mahmudullah was out during a hat-trick. This is the maximum. No batsman has such an unwanted record registered in his name more than 3 times.
Batsmen who got out on a hat-trick by Pat Cummins
17.5 overs: Pat Cummins bowled Mahmudullah.
17.6 overs: Pat Cummins has Mehidy Hasan caught by Adam Zampa.
19.1 overs: Pat Cummins has Tauheed Hridoy caught by Josh Hazlewood.
Bowlers who have taken hat-tricks for Australia in men's T20I cricket
Brett Lee vs Bangladesh, T20 World Cup, September 2007
Ashton Agar vs South Africa, February 2020
Nathan Ellis vs Bangladesh, August 2021
Pat Cummins vs Bangladesh, T20 World Cup, June, 2024
3 out of 4 hat-tricks for Australia in T20 International format have come against South Africa. Australia has taken 3 hat-tricks in T20 International in the last 4 years. It has been 13 years since the first hat-trick (Brett Lee)