Vaas took a hat-trick with the first 3 balls of the match; Hannan Sarkar bowled, Mohammad Ashraful caught & bowled, Ehsanul Haque c Jayawardene. Warnakulasuriya Patabendige Ushantha Joseph Chaminda Vaas (born 27 January 1974) is a former Sri Lankan international cricketer, who played all forms of the game, and a former ODI captain.Often described as the greatest fast bowler Sri Lanka has produced' Vaas currently holds the record for the best bowling figures in ODI history, and only bowler to take an 8 wicket-haul in ODIs.

Chaminda Vaas became the first player to pick hat-trick in the first over of the innings. Chaminda Vaas Hat-trick in 2003.

Vass also took a wicket with his 5th ball of the match. The first ball he faced – the fourth of the over – he smashed it for four. Watch it hereSri Lanka's 'slinger' Lasith Malinga is somewhat of a hat-trick specialist as the only man with three in one-day international cricket, and it was the first of these three that was extra special.With South Africa seemingly cruising to victory in their World Cup clash in Guyana, Malinga took four wickets in four consecutive deliveries - the only instance of this in international cricket - to give Sri Lanka a chance of what would have been a stunning victory.The Proteas needed just four runs to win with five wickets in hand when Malinga bowled Shaun Pollock and then had Andrew Hall caught at cover with the final two deliveries of his eighth over.He then had Jacques Kallis caught behind with the first ball of his ninth over to complete the hat-trick and he then made it a double hat-trick when he bowled Makhaya Ntini next ball to leave South Africa nine down and with three runs still needed for victory.But an edged boundary from Robin Peterson beyond the reach of the slip cordon sealed the win for South Africa, but not without an enormous fright.A little known fact about the unusual hat-trick of Merv Hughes against the West Indies in 1988 - which was split over two innings - is that Windies quick Courtney Walsh had achieved the same feat just two weeks earlier, becoming the first man in Test history to take a hat-trick over two innings.But Merv's effort was even more unusual as it was not only spread over two innings, but three overs as well.Having dismissed Curtly Ambrose with the last ball of his 36th over in the West Indies' first innings, Hughes removed Patrick Patterson with the first ball of his next over to end the innings.Then, more than a day later, Hughes trapped Gordon Greenidge in front with his first ball of the Windies' second innings to make it three wickets in three balls.It was such an unusual feat, that the man himself didn't even realise until later on that he'd become just the 18th man to take a Test hat-trick.And best of all, it got him a spot in another of Flem's exclusive clubs.Every team in the game has a desire to strike early with the new ball, no matter the situation, and Sri Lankan seamer Chaminda Vaas took that plan to new extremes when he struck with the first three balls of their match against Bangladesh in the 2003 World Cup.The left-armer removed Hannan Sarkar, Mohammad Ashraful and Ehsanul Haque with the first, second and third balls of the game, sparking wild celebrations and leaving the Tigers stunned.Not content with that, Vaas then struck again with his fifth legal delivery to have Bangladesh in all sorts of trouble at 4-5 at the end of just one over.Vaas' feat has never been replicated in Test cricke,  although India's Irfan Pathan came close; he took a wicket with the fourth, fifth and sixth balls of the opening over of their match against Pakistan in Karachi in 2005, which India would go on to lose.The only man to take two hat-tricks in the same Test match, Victorian legspinner Jimmy Matthews picked up six wickets in the first Test against South Africa in 1912, all six coming in a hat-trick.Matthews dismissed South Africa's No.9, No.10 and No.11 in consecutive deliveries to end the innings at 265, well behind Australia's total of 448.Asked to follow-on, South Africa were routed for just 95 in their second innings, with Matthews claiming the sixth, seventh and eighth wickets to fall in consecutive deliveries.Wicketkeeper Tommy Ward was the third victim on each occasion, thus bagging a king pair.Matthews finished with match figures of 6-54 and would finish his career with just 16 wickets from eight matches, but he still holds on to a unique piece of history.cricket.com.au is a production of CA Digital Media - a division of Cricket Australia.Martin Smith is a writer for cricket.com.au.

While a hat-trick is a rare feat in cricket, these five memorable hat-tricks are even rarer. Jan 09 2015 . The batsman was trying to play an aggressive shot through the covers, but the ball sneaked through between bat and pad to disturb the woodwork. ... Chaminda Vaas Sri Lanka v Bangladesh, Pietermaritzburg, 2003.

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