1. 4/54 vs South Africa (2007 World Cup Super Eights)

In the super eight stage of the 2007 World Cup South Africa were chasing a low score of 210 and were in a position of 206/5 at 44.4 overs. Then Lasith Malinga bowled a thriller spell as he dismissed Shaun Pollock and Andrew Hall in two successive deliveries.

When he came to bowl his next over the opposition still had 3 wickets in hand. South Africa needed just 3 runs off 24 balls to win with Jacques Kallis batting at 86.

Malinga found the outside edge of Kallis to claim the first hat-trick of his career. Malinga created history in ODI cricket picking four wickets in four balls after he targeted the middle stump of Makhaya Ntini.

However, Malinga’s efforts went in vain as Robin Peterson managed to find a boundary to take the Proteas over the victory line with one wicket.