Epic South Africa hitting tops hat-trick in belter

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Sri Lanka spinner Wanindu Hasaranga captured conscionable the 3rd hat-trick successful T20 World Cup history, but an unthinkable show of power-hitting defied the heroics arsenic South Africa clinched a pulsating four-wicket triumph connected Saturday nighttime (AEDT).

Hasaranga enactment Sri Lanka successful a ascendant presumption erstwhile helium completed a hat-trick successful the 17th over, leaving South Africa successful occupation astatine 6-112 chasing 143 to win.

But 3 sixes crossed the last 3 overs, courtesy of phenomenal striking from David Miller and Kagiso Rabada, would haul the crippled backmost into the Proteas' favour, earlier Rabada completed the melodramatic tally pursuit with 1 shot to spare.

Rabada deed the archetypal of the 3 sixes erstwhile helium blasted a Dushmantha Chameera transportation implicit long-off 18.4 overs into the tally chase.

When Lahiru Kumara was handed the shot for the last implicit of the match, South Africa were faced with the daunting task of making 15 runs to win.

But connected the 2nd and 3rd balls of the over, Miller would blast Kumara for six implicit midwicket.

It was a Rabada borderline that raced distant for 4 done the third-man portion connected the second-last shot that sealed victory.

"South Africa get implicit the line!" said erstwhile Zimbabwe speedy Pommie Mbwanga connected Fox Cricket's coverage.

"Turbulent were the times successful this crippled arsenic they went towards the people of 143. At immoderate constituent you'd person thought they were not going to get there. But, man! How melodramatic close astatine the end. They triumph by 4 wickets."

Cricket writer Andrew McGlashan described the crippled connected Twitter arsenic "a World Cup thriller".

While South Africa present person 2 group-two victories, Sri Lanka stay stranded connected conscionable 1 win.

Former Australia speedy Brett Lee (versus Bangladesh successful 2007), Ireland seamer Curtis Campher (versus the Netherlands successful 2021) and Hasaranga are the lone men to person snared a T20 World Cup hat-trick.

Wicketkeeper-batter Quinton de Kock returned for South Africa's crippled against Sri Lanka and took a knee, aft withdrawing from his side's clash with the West Indies connected Tuesday pursuing a directive from Cricket South Africa to execute the anti-racism gesture.

After South Africa skipper Temba Bavuma won the flip and elected to bowl, Sri Lanka were bowled retired for 142 connected the past shot of their innings.

Opening batter Pathum Nissanka bludgeoned 72 from 58, but South Africa's Tabraiz Shamsi and Dwaine Pretorius took 3 wickets apiece to assistance bounds Sri Lanka to a humble total.

Bavuma was important to South Africa's palmy tally pursuit successful an innings of 46 astatine a tally a ball, earlier Rabada and Miller lifted the Proteas to triumph contempt Hasaranga's hat-trick.

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