Gus Atkinson scored an outstanding hat-trick as England secured victory within the second Check towards New Zealand, knocking the hosts off their tail superbly.
The Surrey bowler dismissed Nathan Smith, Matt Henry and Tim Southee with three consecutive deliveries, the fifteenth time an English bowler has achieved the feat in Check cricket.
Atkinson launched an assault on the Black Caps within the ninth over, getting out in three other ways to finish the match on 125 and provides the guests a 155-run lead.
Atkinson completed with figures of 4-31 in 8.5 overs
The 26-year-old uprooted Smith’s mid-stump together with his third ball after which had Henry backed away from a brief ball he deflected to Ben Duckett on the gully.
Tim Southee, the final man standing between Atkinson and his place within the historical past books, had no reply because the ball hit his entrance pad completely straight and died in entrance of mid-stump. .
Southee displays on the LBW resolution, hoping greater than anticipated however England’s celebrations had already begun. Rod Tucker raised his finger for the second time to seal the deal as Atkinson accomplished his fiftieth Check hat-trick in world cricket – 47 within the males’s sport and three within the girls’s sport.
The final participant to win this honor was Keshav Maharaj for South Africa in 2021 and the latest participant to win this honor for England was Moeen Ali in 2017 The match towards the Proteas at The Oval.
Stuart Broad has been shortlisted twice in his profession, making Atkinson the 14th English participant on the record. Matthew Hoggard and Ryan Sidebottom are the one different two England gamers to attain a Check hat-trick this century.
