Five wickets in an over: South African bowler makes history with rare feat – Watch

Chad Laycock made history on Tuesday by becoming the first bowler to take five wickets in more than South African T20 cricket. The 19-year-old achieved this while playing for KZN Inland against the Titans in the CSA Pro20 Cup in Pietermaritzburg.Laycock finished with career-best figures of 6/26, including a record of four wickets in four consecutive deliveries in South African T20 cricket. Among Full Members in T20 Internationals, Lasith Malinga, Rashid Khan, Curtis Campher and Jason Holder have previously achieved the four-wicket haul.Laycock also set a new record for the best bowling figures in CSA Pro20 Cup history, surpassing Beuran Hendricks’ 29/6 in 2014.The historic over came in the 19th over of the Titans’ innings. Laycock first dismissed Leuse du Plooy before picking up the wickets of Dayyaan Galiem, Aphiwe Mnyanda, Janco Smit and Esosa Aihevba from the next four deliveries. Five wickets ended the Titans’ innings at 204, with the team at 193/4 before the end.Laycock had earlier given KZN Inland their first breakthrough by dismissing Lhuan-dre Pretorius, who scored 81 off 36 balls, in the ninth over. Pretorius and his opening partner put on 112 runs together.However, Laycock’s performance was not enough to secure KZN Inland the win. Chasing 205, they finished on 183/6 and lost the match by 21 runs. Laycock remained unbeaten on 31. The win extended the Titans’ unbeaten run in the competition to six matches.Laycock became the fourth bowler known to have taken five wickets in more than that in men’s T20 cricket, according to Cricinfo. Bangladesh’s Al-Amin Hossain, India’s Abhimanyu Mithun and Indonesia’s Gede Priandana achieved this before him.Priandana remains the only bowler, male or female, to have taken five overtime wickets in a T20 international. In December 2025, he achieved the feat against Cambodia.Al-Amin took five wickets in an over while playing for UCB-BCB XI against Abahani Limited in the 2013-14 Victory Day T20 Cup. Mithun achieved success in the semi-finals of the 2019-20 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy when he played for Karnataka against Haryana in India’s domestic T20 competition.