Hat-tricks are rarely seen in cricket, but a double hat-trick in a single match is a major achievement. However, Argentina’s Hernan Fennel accomplished this remarkable feat in the ICC’s sub-regional American T20 World Cup Qualifier tournament. With this achievement, the name of the 36-year-old pacer has been immortalized in cricket history. Hernan achieved the double hat-trick against the Cayman Islands and became the sixth bowler in cricket history to take a double hat-trick (4 wickets in 4 balls).
Hernan took four wickets in the first four balls, dismissing Troy Taylor, Alistair Eiffel, Ronald Eubanks, and Alessandro Morris in a single over. He shook the opponent team badly by claiming 5 wickets within just 14 balls.
Rarest of rare feat!
Argentine bowler Hernan Fennell takes ‘double hat-trick’ in a T20I
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With this performance, Fennell joined a special club in T20 International cricket. Before him, Rashid Khan of Afghanistan, Lasith Malinga of Sri Lanka, Curtis Campher of Ireland, Jason Holder of the West Indies, and Wasim Yakub of Lesotho had achieved this feat.
A double hat-trick and a five-wicket haul!
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This achievement also made Fennell the sixth bowler to have taken multiple hat-tricks in T20 International cricket. He previously took a hat-trick in the 2021 ICC World Cup Americas Regional Qualifier tournament. The other bowlers with multiple T20I hat-tricks are Wasim Yaqoobr, Rashid Khan, Lasith Malinga, Jason Holder, Curtis Campher and now Hernan Fennell has joined the list.
Double Hat-Tricks List in Men’s T20I:
- Rashid Khan (Afghanistan) vs Ireland, 2019
- Lasith Malinga (Sri Lanka) vs New Zealand, 2019
- Curtis Campher (Ireland) vs Netherlands, 2021
- Jason Holder (West Indies) vs England, 2022
- Waseem Yaqoobr (Lesotho) vs Mali, 2024
- Hernan Fennell (Argentina) vs Cayman Islands, 2024
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