Australia’s Alana King claimed the primary hat-trick within the historical past of girls’s competitors at The Hundred on Saturday, a fortnight after the feat narrowly eluded her within the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.
The leg-spinner claimed 4-15 to fireside Trent Rockets to a 43-run victory in opposition to Manchester Originals who, chasing 120 for victory, had been bundled out for 76.
King dismissed Cordelia Griffith, Sophie Ecclestone and Kate Cross in profitable deliveries to say a hat-trick at Old Trafford.
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The 26-year-old paid tribute to her idol and deceased Australia spin nice Shane Warne after her stellar debut within the 100-ball competitors.
“I hope he’s looking down and pretty proud that I’ve spun a few today, it’s just a special place in Old Trafford and I’m glad I could take some poles here,” mentioned King.
She was a part of the Australia workforce who gained the gold medal when girls’s Twenty20 made its debut on the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.
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In the July 31 match once more Barbados, King dismissed Shakera Selman and Shamilia Connell in successive deliveries however was denied a hat-trick when captain Meg Lanning dropped Keila Elliott at slip within the subsequent one.
“I’ll have nightmares,” Lanning mentioned after that match. “I wanted to dig a hole and jump in it as quick as I could.”
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
