Madison Landsman grew to become the primary participant to register a hat-trick within the ongoing U19 Women’s T20 World Cup in South Africa’s group stage fixture towards Scotland on Monday.
South Africa survived a scare to beat Scotland in what was an exhilarating contest in Benoni.
The Proteas had been on the ropes at 20/4 and once more at 43/6, however an outstanding 53 from 49 balls by Kayla Reyneke helped her aspect bat out the complete allocation and attain a aggressive whole of 112/7.
Scotland began steadily with the bat, laying a platform earlier than making an attempt to speed up within the second half of the chase.
However, the chance of hitting out noticed wickets tumble, with Madison Landsman the star performer with the ball, taking an outstanding hat-trick within the 15 th over to all however finish Scottish hopes of reaching the goal.
BREAKING DOWN THE HAT-TRICK
A flighted supply with the second ball of the over tempted Maryam Faisal into a giant shot, however she was deceived within the air and a high edge looped as much as give keeper Karabo Meso a easy catch.
Niamh Muir was lured right into a drive off the following supply, spooning the ball into the covers the place captain Oluhle Siyo clung on to the catch on the second try.
And, with expectation rising and the sector closing in, Landsman stepped up for the hat-trick ball with an opportunity to make historical past. The spinner gave it loads of flight and once more lured the batter right into a poor selection of shot, with Orla Montgomery on the lookout for the massive heave and utterly lacking the ball, which clattered into off-stump
[With inputs from ICC]
Landsman completed with figures of 4/12 from her 4 overs to register the distinctive milestone of being the primary within the historical past of the U19 Women’s T20 World Cup to register a hat-trick.