He's the fourth South African to achieve the feat in ODIs.
South Africa’s Imran Tahir celebrates after taking the wicket of Zimbabwe’s Kyle Jarvis during the second One Day International cricket match between South Africa and Zimbabwe at the Mangaung Oval in Bloemfontein, South Africa, on October 3, 2018. / AFP PHOTO / Wikus DE WET
Proteas leggie Imran Tahir became only the fourth South African to take a hat-trick in ODIs during Wednesday night’s second ODI against Zimbabwe in Bloemfontein.
The evergreen 39-year-old achieved the feat over the spread of two overs and finished with figures of 6/24 in the 120-run win.
The others are Charl Langeveldt (v West Indies, 2005), JP Duminy (v Sri Lanka, 2015) and Kagiso Rabada (v Bangladesh, 2015).
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