10 times an unfancied bowler tore through a top batting side

6. Lendl Simmons vs Sri Lanka

Lendl Simmons’s four for against Sri Lanka has been his bowling career’s lone bright spot

Another cricketer one might not expect to see on a list of bowlers, Lendl Simmons is the opener, and occasional right-arm medium fast bowler for the West Indian side in the shorter formats of the game.

From a total of six wickets in T20 Internationals, four of Simmons’ wickets came in a single match against current T20 Champions Sri Lanka, in the T20 World Cup 2009, for just 19 runs in 3 overs. This was a performance that came as a real surprise to the West Indies, who at that point lacked a genuine all-rounder.