JP Duminy becomes first South African to take World Cup hat-trick in ICC Cricket World Cup 2015

JP Duminy scripts history against Sri Lanka at Sydney © Getty Images

With the wickets of Angelo Mathews, Nuwan Kulasekara, and debutant Tharindu Kaushal, JP Duminy in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 quarter-final against Sri Lanka at Sydney Cricket Ground, JP Duminy became the eighth bowler to take a hat-trick in World Cup cricket. It was also the ninth hat-trick in World Cup cricket, since Lasith Malinga has claimed two World Cup cricket hat-tricks, including a four-in-four in ICC Cricket World Cup 2007.

Duminy also became the first South Africa to take a World Cup hat-trick; the first bowler to take a hat-trick in the knock-out stages of World Cup cricket; and the first bowler to take a World Cup cricket hat-trick against Sri Lanka.

Mathews, trying to flick the last ball of Duminy’s eighth over (33rd of the Sri Lankan innings), gave a simple catch to Faf du Plessis at mid-wicket. At the other end, Thisara Perera fell to Imran Tahir. Duminy started the new over by having Nuwan Kulasekara caught-behind (the batsman walked), and when Kaushal was trapped leg-before, he was mobbed by the men in green and yellow.
Hat-tricks in World Cup cricket

Players	Team	Against	Venue	Year	Batsmen	How out
Chetan Sharma	India	New Zealand	Nagpur	1987	Ken Rutherford	bowled
					Ian Smith	bowled
					Ewen Chatfield	bowled
Saqlain Mushtaq	Pakistan	Zimbabwe	The Oval	1999	Henry Olonga	stumped Moin Khan
					Adam Huckle	stumped Moin Khan
					Mpumelelo Mbangwa	LBW
Chaminda Vaas	Sri Lanka	Bangladesh	Pietermaritzburg	2003	Hannan Sarkar	bowled
					Mohammad Ashraful	caught and bowled
					Ehsanul Haque	caught Mahela Jayawardene
Brett Lee	Australia	Kenya	Kingsmead	2003	Kennedy Otieno	bowled
					Brijal Patel	caught Ricky Ponting
					David Obuya	bowled
Lasith Malinga	Sri Lanka	South Africa	Providence	2007	Shaun Pollock	bowled
					Andrew Hall	caught Upul Tharanga
					Jacques Kallis	caught Kumar Sangakkara
					Makhaya Ntini	bowled
Kemar Roach	West Indies	Netherlands	Kotla	2011	Pieter Seelaar	LBW
					Bernard Loots	LBW
					Berend Westdijk	bowled
Lasith Malinga	Sri Lanka	Kenya	Premadasa		Tanmay Mishra	LBW
					Peter Ongondo	bowled
					Shem Ngoche	bowled
Steven Finn	England	Australia	MCG	2015	Brad Haddin	caught Stuart Broad
					Glenn Maxwell	caught Joe Root
					Mitchell Johnson	caught James Anderson
JP Duminy	South Africa	Sri Lanka	SCG	2015	Angelo Mathews	caught Faf du Plessis
					Nuwan Kulasekara	caught Quinton de Kock
					Tharindu Kaushal	LBW

Chetan Sharma was the first to take a hat-trick in World Cup cricket, following which there has been a 12-year wait. ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 is the third two witness two separate hat-tricks (Steven Finn had earlier taken one against Australia). Chaminda Vaas and Brett Lee had taken hat-tricks in ICC Cricket World Cup 2003, and Kemar Roach and Lasith Malinga in 2015.