In the T20 World Cup 2026 match against Scotland, West Indies' Romario Shepherd returned with the figures of five wickets for 20 runs in three overs (Pic: X/@ICC)
In his five-wicket haul, Shepherd also registered a hat-trick against the Scottish men. With this, he became the first-ever West Indies player to register a hat-trick in the T20 World Cup (Pic: X/@ICC)
During his 17th over, he got wickets of Matthew Cross, Michael Leask, and Oliver Davidson to complete the hat-trick and concluded the over with another wicket of Safyaan Sharif, making it four wickets in an over (Pic: X/@windiescricket)
He is also the second West Indies cricketer to take a five-wicket haul in the T20 World Cup, with Akael Hosein (5/11) being the first to do so against Uganda in the 2024 edition of the tournament (Pic: X/@ICC)
The 31-year-old cricketer is also the fourth bowler in the history of T20Is (amongst Test-playing teams) to have two hat-tricks in the format, alongside Sri Lankan legend Lasith Malinga, Australia's Pat Cummins and New Zealand's Tim Southee (Pic: X/@ICC)
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