Indonesia’s Gede Priandana created a world record on Tuesday as the all-rounder took five wickets in an over in a T20 International at the Udayana Cricket Ground in Bali. The incident took place in the 16th over of Cambodia’s chase after Indonesia posted got 167/5, while batting first.
Chasing 168 for victory, Cambodia were dealt with a heavy blow as they lost Marcelle Hanekom and Muhammad Naeem for golden ducks in te first two balls of the second over. Capain Luqman Butt (48) and Shah Abrar Hussain (37) revived the innings with an 80-run stand for the third wicket.
Cambodia, playing with six debutants, weren’t completely out of the game till the 15th over with the scoreboard reading 106/5. Needing 62 runs in the last 30 balls, 28-year-old Priandana was brought into te attack.
Bowling right-arm pace, Priandana struck his first ball with the wicket of Hussain. He then removed Nirmaljit Singh and Chanthoeun Rathanak in the next two balls to complete his hattrick. Although Mongdara Sok managed to resist the fourth delivery, he was dismissed in the next.
Priandana dismissed Pel Vennak in the final ball of the over to walk out with figures of 1-0-1-5, thus sealing Indonesia’s victory by 60 runs to take a 1-0 lead. Meanwhile this is not the first time five wickets have been taken by a single bowler in cricket.
Before Priandana four bowlers have managed to take five wickets in an over, but all of those came in domestic cricket. New Zealand’s Neil Wagner was the first to achieve the feat, when the South African-born cricketer dismissed five batters in a Plunket Shield match.
Bangladesh Al-Amin Hossain was the first to achieve the same in T20s. He took five wickets in a match of Victory Day T20 Cup. After Al-Amin, India’s Abhimanyu Mithun and Ireland’s Curtis Campher also achieved the same.
