Which bowler has the distinction of taking 4 wickets in 4 balls in a one day international in 1996?

On July 1, 1996, Kevan James became the first First-Class cricket to take 4 wickets in 4 balls and following it up with a century in the same match. Karthik Parimal looks back at that eventful two days of cricket played.

What is 4 wickets in a row called?

Picking up a hat-trick in cricket is quite a rare feat in itself, but there have been few instances where the bowlers have gone a notch ahead and picked up 4 wickets in 4 balls. People often refer to this as a “ double hat-trick” since it consists of two sets of overlapping pairs of hat-tricks.

Who is the first bowler to take 4 wickets in 4 consecutive balls twice?

Widely regarded as one of the best limited over bowlers of all time, he is the only bowler to have taken 4 wickets in 4 consecutive balls (double hat-trick) in international cricket two times, against South Africa in 2007 and New Zeland 2019….Lasith Malinga.

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Who got 4 wickets in 4 balls?

Lasith Malinga
Picking up a hat-trick in cricket is quite a rare feat in itself, but there have been few instances where the bowlers have gone a notch ahead and picked up 4 wickets in 4 balls. Notably, Lasith Malinga is the only bowler in international cricket to bag four wickets in a row not even once, but twice.

Why is 3 wickets called a hat trick?

A player gets a hat-trick when they score three goals in one game, but the use of the term actually didn’t start on the football pitch. The phrase came from cricket, and was used when a bowler took three wickets from three consecutive balls. The club would give the bowler a hat to celebrate this achievement.

What is double hat-trick?

In Australia, four wickets in four balls is sometimes referred to as a double hat-trick on the basis that there are two ways of compiling the three-in-three sequence (i.e. wickets 1,2 and 3 or wickets 2,3 and 4).

Which bowler has the most wickets in one day international matches?

Muttiah Muralitharan
The leading wicket-taker of all time in ODIs is Sri Lanka’s Muttiah Muralitharan. The spin bowler took 534 wickets in an ODI career spanning from 1993 to 2011….Leading wicket-takers in men’s One Day International cricket as of August 2021.

Characteristic Number of wickets taken
M Muralitharan (Asia/ICC/SL) 534

Who took 4 balls 4 wickets?

On this day: Lasith Malinga takes 4 wickets in 4 balls against South Africa | Cricket News – India TV.