Lasith Malinga bowled his final spell, taking four wickets in four balls – the only such instance in international cricket then.
Lasith Malinga bowled his final spell, taking four wickets in four balls – the only such instance in international cricket, and still the only one in ODIs.
The Super Eight match of the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2007 between Sri Lanka and South Africa proved to be one of the most exciting games of the tournament. At 206/5 in the 45th over, with a well-set Jacques Kallis at the crease, South Africa were marching towards a target of 210. What followed was one of the most iconic performances in the history of the Cricket World Cup.
Lasith Malinga bowled his final spell, taking four wickets in four balls – the only such instance in international cricket then. He dismissed Shaun Pollock and Andrew Hall in the last two balls of the 45th over, followed by the outer edge of Kallis’s bat to complete a hat-trick on the first ball of his next.
South Africa still needed three runs to win, after Malinga produced his famous toe-crusher to dismiss Makhaya Ntini. However, despite their heroic effort, South Africa managed to scrape together Robin Peterson and Charl Langevelt and saw South Africa post a thrilling one-wicket victory.
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