New Zealand’s Nathan Smith took the hardest and best catch in cricket history while Sri Lanka’s Mahesh Thikeshana also became the first hat-trick bowler of the year in the same match.
The second ODI match against New Zealand and Sri Lanka was played yesterday, this match was limited to 37 overs due to rain.
Sri Lanka won the toss and invited New Zealand to bat first, New Zealand scored 255 runs for the loss of nine wickets and gave Sri Lanka a big target of 256 runs. New Zealand won this match by a big margin.
Sri Lanka’s Mahesh Thikshana became the first hat-trick bowler of 2025 in the second ODI against New Zealand.
Sri Lankan bowler Mahesh Thekshana dismissed New Zealand captain Mitchell Santner and Nathan Smith in the last 2 balls of the 35th over and then dismissed Matt Henry in the first ball of the 37th over to complete his first hat-trick of the year.
In the same match, New Zealand fielder Nathan Smith took the most difficult catch in history, the Kiwi player ran and dived and took a brilliant catch. According to the observers, Nathan caught the catch of the history of cricket with great ease and skill.
