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Record-break commemorated

Sri Lankan fast bowler Chaminda Vaas planted a liquid-amber tree at Pietermaritzburg to commemorate his record-breaking bowling performance against Bangladesh. Vaas became the first bowler to take a hat-trick with the first three deliveries of the match.

It has become customary for bowlers to plant a tree for a five-wicket effort after the first known tree was planted by English batting legend Denis Compton in 1957.

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