5 hat-tricks which did nothing to help the team’s cause

#2 Steven Finn versus Australia- 2015

Steven Finn made amends for an expensive bowling figure

Australia and England locked horns in the second game of the 2015 World Cup at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, which was comprehensively won by the Aussies. However, Steven Finn gave his team something to cheer for when he nipped out three wickets in the last three deliveries of Australia’s innings.

Brad Haddin attempted to go downtown, but the ball flew off his bat’s outside-edge into the safe hands of Stuart Broad. Thereafter, Glenn Maxwell muscled an attempted Yorker down the ground, which was pouched cleanly by Joe Root.

Mitchell Johnson slapped the next ball down the throat of the mid-off fielder to give the Hertfordshire-born bowler his maiden hat-trick in international cricket. Finn gave away 71 runs, but also bagged a 5-wicket haul. Meanwhile, he also picked up the eighth hat-trick in the history of World Cup cricket.

Australia, aided by Aaron Finch’s ton, racked up 342 runs. England, barring James Taylor’s hard-fought 98 runs, were never in the contention to chase the target down. They huffed and puffed to 231 runs and were beaten by 111 runs.