5 wickets in an over! SA bowler makes history with rare feat - Watch
South African cricketer Chad Laycock made history by taking five wickets in a single over during a CSA Pro20 Cup match. Despite his record-breaking performance, his team KZN Inland lost the match to the Titans.
Why it matters
This event marks a rare statistical milestone in professional T20 cricket, highlighting an exceptional individual performance within a team sport.
Chad Laycock made history on Tuesday by becoming the first bowler to take five wickets in an over in South African T20 cricket. The 19-year-old achieved the feat while playing for KZN Inland against Titans in the CSA Pro20 Cup in Pietermaritzburg.Laycock finished with career-best figures of 6/26, including a record of four wickets in four consecutive deliveries in South African T20 cricket. Among Full Member teams in T20 internationals, Lasith Malinga, Rashid Khan, Curtis Campher and Jason Holder have previously achieved the four-wicket sequence.Laycock also set a new record for the best bowling figures in CSA Pro20 Cup history, going past Beuran Hendricks' 6/29 from 2014.The historic over came in the 19th over of the Titans innings. Laycock first dismissed Leus du Plooy before taking the wickets of Dayyaan Galiem, Aphiwe Mnyanda, Janco Smit and Esosa Aihevba off the next four deliveries.
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