Sri Lanka's Lasith Malinga became the first man to bag two hat-tricks in World Cups when he skittled out three Kenyan tail-enders in their Group A match on Tuesday.
Malinga, who missed his side's opening two matches with a sore back, fired back with 6-38, including the wickets of Tanmay Mishra (0), Peter Ongondo (0) and Shem Ngoche (0) with successive, full deliveries, the latter two clean bowled.
The Africans were dismissed for 142.
n 2007, Malinga grabbed four in a row against South Africa .
It is the second hat-trick of the 2011 World Cup after Kemar Roach took the last three Canadian wickets in West Indies' victory in Group B on Monday.
Hat-tricks in the 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 (West Indies v Netherlands), Delhi , 2011
Lasith Malinga (Sri Lanka vs Kenya), Colombo 2011
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