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26-Dec-2013 15:17:00 GMT
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Bangladeshi Pacer Al-Amin Hossain Takes World Record 5 Wickets in an Over

Dhaka: In the Victory Day T20 Cup 2013/14 clash between Abahani Limited and UCB-BCB Eleven, fast bowler Al-Amin Hossain took 5 wickets, including a hat-trick in the last over of the match.

Hossain took the wickets of Mehedi Maruf (19.1),  Nazmul Hossain Milon (19.3), Suhrawadi Shuvo (19.4), Naeem Islam Jr (19.5) and Nabil Samad (19.6)

The match was held at Sylhet stadium, Bangladesh. All the 5 wickets by Al-Amin Hossain were catches.

Al-Amin Hossain became the first player to have taken 5 wickets in an over in T20 cricket.

Here’s the full scorecard of the match.

In the 2010 T20 World Cup, Pakistan’s Mohammed Aamer bowled a last over which saw 5 Australian wickets fall, but 2 of them were run-outs.

In March 1944, Ken Cumming, an Australian bowler in First Grade cricket, took 5 wickets in consecutive balls.

Australian Nathan Murray achieved the feat earlier this year too.

South African born bowler Neil Wagner took 5 wickets in an over in a First Class match in New Zealand against Wellington on 6th April 2011 playing for Otago Volts.


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