World Cup 2019: 5 best hat-tricks in World Cup history

#1 Lasith Malinga - Sri Lanka Vs South Africa - 2007 WC

Malinga exults after picking up his fourth wicket

Chasing a modest total of 210, South Africa was on course for a victory against Sri Lanka. With four runs needed off 32 balls, it seemed the end was a mere formality. But Lasith Malinga had other ideas, as bamboozled the lower-order to make a match out of it.

Shaun Pollock was bowled by a leg-stump yorker for 13. The Sri Lankan then delivered his trademark slower ball to dismiss Andrew Hall for a duck. He came back in the next over to sent back Jacques Kallis for 86. Sri Lanka came back into the game with this hat-trick.

Malinga then came up with the ball of his spell as his fast yorker disturbed the timber of Makhaya Ntini to become the first player to take four wickets in four spells. But it couldn't stop South Africa from winning the game.