West Indies' Kemar Roach became the first West Indies bowler to pick up a hat-trick in World Cup on Monday. Roach picked up the wickets of Pieter Seelaar, Bernard Loots and Berend Westdijk to also register the first hat-trick of the World Cup 2011.
He along with Kieron Pollard, ensured that West Indies register a convincing win over Netherlands -- the biggest victory margin in this World Cup.
Here is a look at the stats of the best bowling figures in the World Cup:
HAT-TRICKS IN WORLD CUP
|
Chetan Sharma |
India v New Zealand |
Nagpur |
1987 |
|
Saqlain Mushtaq |
Pakistan v Zimbabwe |
The Oval |
1999 |
|
Chaminda Vaas |
Sri Lanka v Bangladesh |
Pietermaritzburg |
2003 |
|
Brett Lee |
Australia v Kenya |
Durban |
2003 |
|
Lasith Malinga** |
Sri Lanka v South Africa |
Providence |
2007 |
|
Kemar Roach |
WI v Netherlands |
Delhi |
2011 |
**4 wickets in 4 balls
BEST BOWLING FIGURES IN WORLD CUP
|
7-15 |
Glenn McGrath |
Aus v Nam |
Potchefstroom |
2003 |
|
7-20 |
Andy Bichel |
Aus v Eng |
Port Elizabeth |
2003 |
|
7-51 |
Winston Davis |
WI v Aus |
Leeds |
1983 |
|
6-14 |
Gary Gilmour |
Aus v Eng |
Leeds |
1975 |
|
6-23 |
Ashish Nehra |
Ind v Eng |
Durban |
2003 |
|
6-23 |
Shane Bond |
NZ v Aus |
Port Elizabeth |
2003 |
|
6-25 |
Chaminda Vaas |
SL v Ban |
Pietermaritzburg |
2003 |
|
6-27 |
Kemar Roach |
WI v Net |
Delhi |
2011 |
|
6-39 |
Ken MacLeay |
Aus v Ind |
Nottingham |
1983 |
