List of One Day International cricket hat-tricks

Lasith Malinga tossing a cricket ball at practice
Sri Lanka's Lasith Malinga is the only cricketer to have taken three ODI hat-tricks.

A hat-trick in cricket is when a bowler takes three wickets on consecutive deliveries, dismissing three different batsmen. It is a relatively rare event in One Day International (ODI) cricket with only 50 occurrences in 4546 matches since the first ODI match between Australia and England on 5 January 1971. The first ODI hat-trick was taken by Pakistan's Jalal-ud-Din against Australia in Hyderabad, Sindh, in September 1982. The most recent player to achieve this feat is Wesley Madhevere of Zimbabwe against the Netherlands in March 2023.[1]

The only bowler to have taken three ODI hat-tricks is Sri Lanka's Lasith Malinga. Five other bowlers— Pakistan's Wasim Akram and Saqlain Mushtaq, Sri Lanka's Chaminda Vaas, New Zealand's Trent Boult and India's Kuldeep Yadav—have taken two hat-tricks in the format. Hat-tricks are dominated by spinners.[2] Vaas is the first and only bowler to claim a hat-trick on the first three balls of any form of international cricket; he achieved the feat against Bangladesh during the 2003 World Cup. Malinga is the only player to claim four wickets in consecutive balls; he achieved the feat against South Africa in the 2007 World Cup. Four players have taken a hat-trick on their ODI debuts: Bangladesh's Taijul Islam against Zimbabwe in 2014,[3] South Africa's Kagiso Rabada against Bangladesh in 2015,[4] Sri Lanka's Wanindu Hasaranga against Zimbabwe in 2017,[5] and Sri Lanka's Shehan Madushanka against Bangladesh in 2018.[6] India's Chetan Sharma was the first cricketer to take a hat-trick in a World Cup match. Eleven hat-tricks have been taken in World Cup matches.

Pakistan's Wasim Akram and Mohammad Sami are the only players to have taken hat-tricks in ODIs and Tests.[7] Brett Lee (Australia), Lasith Malinga, Thisara Perera, Wanindu Hasaranga (all 3 from Sri Lanka) and Kagiso Rabada are the only players to have taken hat-tricks in ODIs and Twenty20 matches.

  1. ^ "Wessly Madhevere becomes third Zimbabwe player to take ODI hat-trick". International Cricket Council. Archived from the original on 23 March 2023. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
  2. ^ "Vaughan confident over Cup fitness". Daily Telegraph. 20 February 2007. Archived from the original on 15 May 2011. Retrieved 12 July 2009.
  3. ^ "Bangladesh's Tailjul Islam first bowler to take hat-trick on ODI debut". The Guardian. theguardian.com. 1 December 2014. Retrieved 4 January 2015.
  4. ^ "South Africa tour of Bangladesh, 1st ODI: Bangladesh v South Africa at Dhaka, Jul 10, 2015". Cricinfo. Archived from the original on 10 July 2015. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
  5. ^ "Sri Lanka vs Zimbabwe, 2nd ODI: Wanidu Hasaranga becomes youngest player to take hat-trick on debut". Indian Express. 2 July 2017. Archived from the original on 4 July 2017. Retrieved 2 July 2017.
  6. ^ Scott, Matthew (27 January 2018). "Shehan Madushanka's debut hat-trick helps Sri Lanka beat Bangladesh, clinch tri-series title". Hindustan Times. Archived from the original on 8 February 2018. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
  7. ^ "Test matches – Hat-tricks". Cricinfo. Archived from the original on 21 March 2009. Retrieved 10 July 2009.