Sri Lankan pace bowler Lasith Malinga has become the second player in as many days to take a World Cup hat-trick, during a six-wicket haul against Kenya.
On Monday, Kemar Roach took a hat-trick as his West Indies side beat the Netherlands by 215 runs in New Delhi.
This is Malinga's second World Cup hat-trick, after he took four South African wickets in four balls in 2007.
It is also the seventh hat-trick to be taken at a World Cup.
India's Chetan Sharma took the first against New Zealand in 1987, which was followed by Saqlain Mashtaq's treble for Pakistan against Zimbabwe 12 years later.
Both Chaminda Vaas (for Sri Lanka, in their encounter with Bangladesh) and Brett Lee (for Australia against Kenya) took hat-tricks in the 2003 tournament.
In Colombo, Malinga's 6-38 has given co-hosts Sri Lanka a superb opportunity to secure victory over Kenya, which will get their Group A challenge back on track following last Saturday's 11-run loss to Pakistan.
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