Argentina bowler, Hernan Fennell joined an exclusive club of players, including Pat Cummins & Lasith Malinga, after claiming a double hat-trick in Men’s T20 World Cup qualifier against the Cayman Islands in Buenos Aires on Sunday. The Argentina bowler had previously achieved the feat against Panama in Antigua in 2021 as part of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Americas Region Qualifier event.
Hernan Fenell joins elite list of cricketers
The 36-year-old joins Afghanistan spinner Rashid Khan, Sri Lanka speedster Lasith Malinga, Ireland all-rounder Curtis Campher, West Indies veteran Jason Holder and Waseem Yaqoobr of Lesotho as bowlers to have completed a T20I double hat-trick. The first player to achieve this feat was Afghanistan’s Rashis Khan who claimed five for 27 against Ireland in February
Malta’s Waseem Abbas, Australia’s Pat Cummins, Serbia’s Mark Pavlovic, New Zealand’s Tim Southee, Malinga, and now Fennell are the only players to have picked up more than one men’s T20I hat-trick. However, Fennell’s heroics failed to inspire Argentina, with the South American getting all out for just 94 runs in reply to the Cayman Islands score of 116.
