WATCH: KZN’s Chad Laycock takes five wickets in an over against Titans
Chad Laycock has become just the fourth player in T20 history to take five wickets in a single over.
On Tuesday at the Pietermaritzburg Oval, young KZN Tuskers allrounder Chad Laycock delivered an exceptional bowling performance against the dominant Titans in the CSA Pro20 Cup match. Laycock became just the fourth player in T20 cricket history to take five wickets in a single over, finishing with career-best figures of 6/26 from four overs.
After the Titans' batting lineup posted a resounding 204 all out in 19.5 overs, Laycock entered the penultimate over with a match record of 1/24 off three overs. Starting with the dismissal of Leus du Plooy, Laycock followed up with four consecutive wickets, knocking down Dayyaan Galiem, Apiwe Mnyanda, Janco Smit, and Esosa Aihevba.
The Titans' final score of 193/4 was largely attributed to the outstanding form of Lhuan-dre Pretorius (81 off 36 balls), Sinethemba Qeshile (46 off 29), and Dewald Brevis (33 off 24). The Tuskers fell short in their chase, finishing at 183/6, with Michael Erlank scoring 56 off 33 balls and Laycock chipping in with 31 off 25. Only three other bowlers have ever taken five wickets in a single over in T20 cricket: Al-Amin Hossain (Bangladesh T20 league, 2013), Abhimanyu Mithun (Indian T20 league, 2019), and Gede Priandana (Indonesia vs Cambodia, international T20, 2021).
Meanwhile, Neil Wagner (NZ first-class, 2011) and Curtis Campher (Irish T20, 2022) are the only others to have taken five wickets in five balls, the latter doing so across two overs.
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