T20 World Cup 2022: Ireland's Joshua Little grabs hat-trick against New Zealand

Joshua Little bowling against NZ [Source: AP]

In the ongoing game against New Zealand, Joshua Little produced a moment of magic and bagged a hat-trick to derail New Zealand's innings.

He became the second player after Karthik Meiyappan of UAE to bag a hat-trick in the ongoing T20 World Cup.

It was all going well for New Zealand with Kane Williamson out in the middle. But Little turned the tides with a spectacular 19th over. In the second delivery of the over, Little bowled a short pitched delivery and Williamson miscued his pull and found the fielder at deep backward square leg.

Jimmy Neesham became his second victim as the left-armer trapped him in front of the stumps. Neesham departed without troubling the scorecard. Little followed it up with another lbw wicket, this time of Mitch Santner. 

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Kane Williamson ✅ Jimmy Neesham ✅ Mitchell Santner ✅ Joshua Little bags the first hattrick of the Super12 this T20 World Cup 👏👏 #T20WorldCup #NZvIRE

At one stage, New Zealand were well on their course to get to the 200-run mark, but Little's spell halted the momentum of the Kiwis.

He became the second Irish player after Curtis Campher to take a hat-trick in the World Cup. Campher did it against the Netherlands in the last edition of the T20 World Cup.

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