Pakistan pacer Shaheen Shah Afridi on Sunday ensured victory for Hampshire after taking four wickets in four consecutive balls during the T20 Vitality Blast match against Middlesex in Southampton.
According to ESPN Cricinfo, the 20-year-old is only the seventh player to take four wickets in four balls in a T20.
Before Sunday, Afridi was having a poor season for Hampshire and was being taken to the cleaners by the batsmen. He had picked up only one wicket for his side while conceding 191 runs.
But in this match, he celebrated an incredible 6 for 19 — Hampshire's best ever T20 bowling figures, and the county's second format hat-trick in their history, according to the cricinfo report.
The left arm fast bowler ran through the Middlesex tail, routing the stumps of John Simpson, Steven Finn, Thilan Walallawita and Tim Murtagh one after the other to bulldoze the visitors. Hampshire won the match by 20 runs.
In a short video clip posted by Hampshire Cricket on Twitter, Afridi said he was "really happy to finally perform well".
Commenting on the rocky start to the season, he added that "wickets weren't really in his hands" and that he always tried his best.