HURLINGHAM: Argentina’s pacer Hernan Fennell on Sunday, equalled Australia’s Pat Cummins’s T20I record with a double-hat trick during ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Sub-Regional Americas Qualifier against the Cayman Islands here at the Hurlingham Club Ground.
The right-arm pacer, who dismissed Cayman Islands’ Troy Taylor, Alistair Ifill, Ronald Ebanks, and Alessandro Morris on consecutive deliveries in an eventful final over of the touring side’s innings, became only the sixth bowler to register a double hat-trick in the format.
As a result, Fennell joined an elusive list of bowlers, featuring the likes of Afghanistan's Rashid Khan, Sri Lanka's Lasith Malinga, Ireland’s Curtis Campher, West Indies’ Jason Holder and Lesotho’s Arif Yaqoob.
Double hat-tricks in men's T20I
| Player | Opposition | Year |
| Rashid Khan | Ireland | 2019 |
| Lasith Malinga | New Zealand | 2019 |
| Curtis Campher | Netherlands | 2021 |
| Jason Holder | England | 2022 |
| Waseem Yaqoob | Mali | 2024 |
| Hernan Fennell | Cayman Islands | 2024 |
His bowling exploits culminated in match figures of 5/14 in four overs.
Notably, this was his second hat-trick in men’s T20Is, with the first coming against Panama in the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Americas Region Qualifiers in 2021.
The achievement put him level with leading bowlers of the game like New Zealand’s Tim Southee, Cummins, Malinga, Matla’s Waseem Abbas and Serbia’s Mark Pavlovic, who all have claimed multiple hat-tricks in men’s T20Is.
Despite his bowling heroics, Argentina ended up on losing side as they were bowled for 94 while chasing a modest 117-run target and thus succumbed to a 22-run defeat.
- Pat Cummins
