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CHAMINDA VAAS STRIKES EARLY THRICE IN '03
Chaminda Vaas claimed three wickets from the first three deliveries of Sri Lanka’s group stage clash against Bangladesh in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2003, registering the third hat-trick in World Cup history.
GREATEST CWC MOMENT
Background
The teams headed into the match on the back of contrasting results. Sri Lanka had got the better of New Zealand in its tournament opener, Sanath Jayasuriya’s century propelling the side to 272 for 7, before bowling out New Zealand for 225, despite Scott Styris’ 125-ball 141.
Bangladesh, meanwhile, was coming in on the back of a 60-run loss to a determined Canada side.
CWC Greatest Moment
He had a sore back on the morning of the match, but when Chaminda Vaas came out to bowl, there were few signs of it. Three balls into the match, his name was jotted down in the annals of history, with the third hat-trick in World Cups, after Chetan Sharma against New Zealand in 1987 and Saqlain Mushtaq against Zimbabwe in 1999.
More significantly, Vaas became the first cricketer to take three wickets off the first three deliveries of an ODI.
Vaas’s left-arm inswingers clearly troubled the batsmen. The first was pitched on good length, and moved in just a tad, clattering the stumps of Hannan Sarkar, who swung and missed. The next delivery was slightly short of a length but Mohammad Ashraful, already committed on the front foot, tapped it straight back to the bowler.
With a hat-trick in the offing, the Sri Lankan fielders moved in and Ehsanul Haque, the new man, walked into a pressure cauldron. Vaas ran in and pitched one up, just outside off. Haque stuck his bat out, and the outside edge flew to Mahela Jayawardena in the slip cordon, as Sri Lanka erupted in elation.
But it wasn’t over yet. In the fifth ball of the same over, Vaas had Sanwar Hossain trapped in front. He then went on to dismiss Al Sahariar and Mashrafe Mortaza to end with figures of 6 for 25, as Bangladesh was bowled out for 124.
What Happened Next
Marvan Atapattu and Sanath Jayasuriya barely put a foot wrong as they notched up half-centuries and took Sri Lanka past the finish line in 21.1 overs for a ten-wicket win. Thereafter, Sri Lanka pretty much had a comfortable league phase, barring a 53-run loss against Kenya, as it beat Canada and the West Indies, and tied with South Africa on the D/L Method.
Those results were enough for a Super Six spot, and though Sri Lanka lost to both Australia (by 96 runs), and India (by 183 runs), a 74-run win against Zimbabwe sealed its spot in the semi-final. It faced Australia again in the final four, who proved to the superior side. Sri Lanka’s 2003 campaign thus ended with a 48-run loss via the D/L Method.
Vaas, however, ended as highest wicket-taker of the tournament, with 23 scalps in ten matches at 14.39, including 4 for 22 against West Indies to follow up the 6 for 25 against Bangladesh.
The teams headed into the match on the back of contrasting results. Sri Lanka had got the better of New Zealand in its tournament opener, Sanath Jayasuriya’s century propelling the side to 272 for 7, before bowling out New Zealand for 225, despite Scott Styris’ 125-ball 141.
Bangladesh, meanwhile, was coming in on the back of a 60-run loss to a determined Canada side.
CWC Greatest Moment
He had a sore back on the morning of the match, but when Chaminda Vaas came out to bowl, there were few signs of it. Three balls into the match, his name was jotted down in the annals of history, with the third hat-trick in World Cups, after Chetan Sharma against New Zealand in 1987 and Saqlain Mushtaq against Zimbabwe in 1999.
More significantly, Vaas became the first cricketer to take three wickets off the first three deliveries of an ODI.
Vaas’s left-arm inswingers clearly troubled the batsmen. The first was pitched on good length, and moved in just a tad, clattering the stumps of Hannan Sarkar, who swung and missed. The next delivery was slightly short of a length but Mohammad Ashraful, already committed on the front foot, tapped it straight back to the bowler.
With a hat-trick in the offing, the Sri Lankan fielders moved in and Ehsanul Haque, the new man, walked into a pressure cauldron. Vaas ran in and pitched one up, just outside off. Haque stuck his bat out, and the outside edge flew to Mahela Jayawardena in the slip cordon, as Sri Lanka erupted in elation.
“Oh he’s gone, he’s gone, it’s a hat-trick. What a great start from Chaminda Vaas. He’s created a world record here. A hat-trick in the first three deliveries of a One-Day International, and that too in the World Cup!”
Official broadcast commentator.
But it wasn’t over yet. In the fifth ball of the same over, Vaas had Sanwar Hossain trapped in front. He then went on to dismiss Al Sahariar and Mashrafe Mortaza to end with figures of 6 for 25, as Bangladesh was bowled out for 124.
What Happened Next
Marvan Atapattu and Sanath Jayasuriya barely put a foot wrong as they notched up half-centuries and took Sri Lanka past the finish line in 21.1 overs for a ten-wicket win. Thereafter, Sri Lanka pretty much had a comfortable league phase, barring a 53-run loss against Kenya, as it beat Canada and the West Indies, and tied with South Africa on the D/L Method.
“If you take the 2003 World Cup, every time he played, Vaasi took two early wickets. I think it gave a lot of comfort to someone like (Muttiah) Muralidharan. It gave other bowlers some comfort zone.”
Arjuna Ranatunga.
Those results were enough for a Super Six spot, and though Sri Lanka lost to both Australia (by 96 runs), and India (by 183 runs), a 74-run win against Zimbabwe sealed its spot in the semi-final. It faced Australia again in the final four, who proved to the superior side. Sri Lanka’s 2003 campaign thus ended with a 48-run loss via the D/L Method.
Vaas, however, ended as highest wicket-taker of the tournament, with 23 scalps in ten matches at 14.39, including 4 for 22 against West Indies to follow up the 6 for 25 against Bangladesh.
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