Herath takes hat-trick against Australia


Rangana Herath celebrates the wicket of Steve O'Keefe at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium in Pallekele on July 30, 2016. PHOTO: AFP

Rangana Herath celebrates the wicket of Steve O'Keefe at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium in Pallekele on July 30, 2016. PHOTO: AFP

Rangana Herath became only the second Sri Lankan cricketer to claim a Test hat-trick on the second morning of the second Test against Australia on Friday.

The left-arm spinner dismissed Adam Voges, Peter Nevill and Mitchell Starc off successive deliveries to achieve the feat.

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Former paceman Nuwan Zoysa was the first Sri Lankan to claim a Test hat-trick, against Zimbabwe in a 1999 Test at Harare.

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