Six bowlers who have taken 4 wickets in 4 balls

Malinga is the only cricketer to have picked 4 wickets in 4 balls in an international game

6) Gary Butcher

Gary Butcher picked up 4 consecutive wickets for Surrey in the year 2000

Gary Butcher, the younger brother of former English opener Mark Butcher, created history by picking up 4 consecutive wickets for Surrey and dismantled the Derbyshire tail with his gentle seamers. Adam Hollioake who was the captain of Surrey those days decided to drop his brother Ben Hollioake and accommodated Gary into his side.

The decision yielded great results as Butcher picked the wicket of Paul Aldred off the last ball of an over followed by a hat-trick in the first three balls of his next over. He picked up the wickets Tim Munton, Kavin Dean, and Lian Wharton. With the ball seaming around, all three were caught at slips and Derbyshire were folded up for a paltry 118.

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