There have been 46 of them
and nine of them after 2010 – Peter Siddle, Stuart Broad, Sohag Gazi, Stuart
Broad again, HMRKB Herath, MM ali, Jasprit Bumrah, Naseem Shah and now Keshav
Maharaj !! – it started with Fred Spofforth way back in 1879 ! ~ a
Test Hat-trick !!
This afternoon, we eagerly
wanted India to perform better in the World Test Championship (WTC) at
Southampton. India had a good start with
a good opening partnership between Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill but nothing
much better after that. Today day 4 has
been washed out as rain continues to play spoil sport. The persistent rain leave India and New
Zealand a maximum of 196 overs - including the reserve day - to identify an
outright winner. In case of a draw, the inaugural WTC will have joint winners
who will share the award money and the trophy.
I was not following the
other test happening at Gros Islet ! – where ?
Gros Islet is located near the northern tip of the island country of
Saint Lucia. Originally a quiet fishing village, it has gone on to become one
of the more popular tourist destinations in the country. In 1778, as a retaliation for the declaration
of war on the British by the French, the British navy captured the island of
Saint Lucia from the French, and built a naval base at Gros Islet Bay – now South
Africa is playing West Indies in a Test
match there.
At Lunch on day 4 West
Indies needs 215 runs more for victory
is in dire straits losing 6 for 109. The
summary of the 2nd test reads
: South Africa: 298 & 174- West Indies
(target 324) 149 & 109/6
He did play in India too –
remember that Vishapatham test in 2019
.. .. Keshav Athmanand
Maharaj has graduated. His father, Athmanand, was also a wicketkeeper. Two decades later, Keshav has made a career
as a left-arm spinner to fulfill his father's dream. A left-arm spinner from Northwood Boys High,
the alma mater of Shaun Pollock, Keshav Maharaj emerged at a time when South
Africa began to take spin seriously. In
his youth, Maharaj was a pace bowler, whose father played for Natal B during
segregation years. He turned to spin later.
Today at Gros Isles – 36.3
- Kieran Powell tried sweeping Maharaj
and the man at legside fence Nortje took the catch. Powell was out for 51. Next ball experienced Jason Holder inner edged
to short leg – caught Petersen bowled Maharaj for a duck. Joshua Da Silva wicketkeeper batsman from
Trinidad was the next, to face hat-trick ball, with a slip, silly point, leg
slip, short leg and backward short leg. Mulder
dived to his right and took one-handed
catch falling down. Maharaj becomes only
the second from his country to take three in three balls !
Of the 46 hat-tricks in
Test Cricket – England has taken 14 (13 taken against them); Australia 11;
Pakistan 5; West Indies 4; India 3 (Harbhajan Singh, Irfan Pathan & Jasprit
Bumrah); Bangladesh 2; Srilanka 2; New Zealand 2; South Africa 2 and Zimbabwe 1
Interesting !
21st June 2021 @ 22:00hrs.
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