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Follow UsLockie Ferguson can’t stop scripting history in T20 International Cricket as the tearaway quick, in the immediate game after his historic spell of 4-4-0-3 against Papua New Guinea, has become the fifth New Zealander to take a hat-trick in T20Is.
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Playing his first T20I since the aforementioned historic spell at the T20 World Cup in the United States & The Caribbean, the 33-year-old took a hat-trick within eight balls of his spell in Dambulla to join Jacob Oram, Tim Southee, Michael Bracewell and Matt Henry as Kiwis to have taken a hat-trick in the shortest format of the game.
On the night, Ferguson picked a wicket on the final ball of his first over and the first two balls of his second over. He first removed Kusal Perera before trapping Kamindu Mendis LBW. On the hat-trick ball, he dismissed Sri Lanka skipper Charith Asalanka through a strangle down leg to achieve the rare feat.
The last New Zealander to take a T20I hat-trick was Henry against Pakistan in 2023 at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore.
New Zealand bowlers to take hat-trick in T20Is
Jacob Oram vs SL, Colombo, 2009
Tim Southee vs PAK, Auckland, 2010
Michael Bracewell vs IRE, Belfast, 2022
Tim Southee vs IND, Mount Maunganui, 2022
Matt Henry vs PAK, Lahore, 2023
Lockie Ferguson vs SL, Dambulla, 2024
Ferguson is the only full-member bowler in the history of T20Is to bowl four maidens in a single game. Canada's Saad Bin Zafar and Hong Kong's Ayush Shukla are the other individuals to achieve the feat.
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