Overview
- Dasun Shanaka completed four wickets in four consecutive deliveries to bowl the Texas Super Kings out for 112 and secure a nine-run victory for the Seattle Orcas on Saturday, July 5, at Knight Riders Cricket Stadium in Pomona.
- Shanaka finished with figures of 4 for 26 after dismissing Donovan Ferreira, Calvin Savage, Adam Milne and Amshi de Silva in the last over to produce the first double hat-trick in Major League Cricket history.
- The Orcas had been limited to 121 for 9 on a difficult pitch, and Ottneil Baartman’s earlier spell of 3 for 9, including a maiden, set up the defence by reducing Texas to 50 for 4.
- The win moved Seattle to second on the MLC points table while the Texas Super Kings remained at the bottom, a change that tightens the race for the four playoff spots available when the tournament concludes on July 18.
- Shanaka’s feat places him alongside an elite group of T20 bowlers who have taken four in four and may boost his white‑ball standing after recent T20 international appearances for Sri Lanka.