Wasim Akram, one of three men to have taken two ODI hat-tricks

A hat-trick in cricket is referred to when a bowler has taken three wickets in consecutive deliveries, dismissing three different batsmen with three consecutive balls bowled. It is a relatively rare event in One Day International (ODI) cricket with only 25 occurrences in over 2,800 matches since the first ODI, between Australia and England on 5 January 1971. The first ODI hat-trick was taken by Jalal-ud-Din of Pakistan, playing against Australia at Niaz Stadium in September 1982; the most recent was taken by Andrew Flintoff of England, playing against West Indies at Beausejour Stadium in April 2009.

Pakistani bowlers hold the record for the most ODI hat-tricks taken by a team with eight, including two hat-tricks taken by Wasim Akram and Saqlain Mushtaq. The only other bowler to have taken multiple hat-tricks is Chaminda Vaas of Sri Lanka. Hat-tricks are dominated by fast bowlers with Saqlain the only spinner to have taken an ODI hat-trick.^[1] Five hat-tricks have occurred in World Cup matches, the most important form of ODI cricket. The last was during the 2007 World Cup where Sri Lanka's Lasith Malinga took four wickets in four balls against South Africa, the first person in international cricket to achieve this.^[2]

Pakistanis Wasim Akram and Mohammad Sami have both achieved hat-tricks in ODI and Test cricket.^[3] Brett Lee is the only cricketer to have taken a hat-trick in ODI and Twenty20 International cricket.

[edit] Hat-tricks

Key

№	ODI №	Bowler	For	Against	Wickets	Venue	Date
1.	&0000000000000158.000000158[4]	Jalal-ud-DinJalal-ud-Din	Pakistan	Australia	• Rod Marsh (b) • Bruce Yardley (c †Wasim Bari) • Geoff Lawson (b)	Niaz Stadium, Hyderabad	01982-09-20 20 September 1982
2.	&0000000000000359.000000359[5]	Reid, BruceBruce Reid	Australia	New Zealand	• Bruce Blair (c Greg Matthews) • Ervin McSweeney (c Allan Border) • Stu Gillespie (b)	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney	01986-01-29 29 January 1986
3.	&0000000000000474.000000474[6]	Chetan SharmaChetan Sharma	India	New Zealand	• Ken Rutherford (b) • Ian Smith (b) • Ewen Chatfield (b)	Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur	01987-10-31 31 October 1987*
4.	&0000000000000570.000000570[7]	Wasim AkramWasim Akram	Pakistan	West Indies	• Jeff Dujon (b) • Malcolm Marshall (b) • Curtly Ambrose (b)	Sharjah Stadium, Sharjah	01989-10-14 14 October 1989
5.[A]	&0000000000000631.000000631[8]	Wasim AkramWasim Akram	Pakistan	Australia	• Merv Hughes (b) • Carl Rackemann (b) • Terry Alderman (b)	Sharjah Stadium, Sharjah	01990-05-04 4 May 1990
6.	&0000000000000661.000000661[9]	Kapil DevKapil Dev	India	Sri Lanka	• Roshan Mahanama (c †Kiran More) • Rumesh Ratnayake (lbw) • Sanath Jayasuriya (c Sanjay Manjrekar)	Eden Gardens, Calcutta	01991-01-04 4 January 1991
7.[B]	&0000000000000685.000000685[10]	Aaqib JavedAaqib Javed	Pakistan	India	• Ravi Shastri (lbw) • Mohammad Azharuddin (lbw) • Sachin Tendulkar (lbw)	Sharjah Stadium, Sharjah	01991-10-25 25 October 1991
8.	&0000000000000896.000000896[11]	Morrison, DannyDanny Morrison	New Zealand	India	• Kapil Dev (b) • Salil Ankola (b) • Nayan Mongia (b)	McLean Park, Napier	01994-03-25 25 March 1994
9.[A]	&0000000000000966.000000966[12]	Waqar YounisWaqar Younis	Pakistan	New Zealand	• Chris Harris (b) • Chris Pringle (b) • Richard de Groen (b)	Buffalo Park, East London	01994-12-19 19 December 1994
10.[C]	&0000000000001136.0000001,136[13]	Saqlain MushtaqSaqlain Mushtaq	Pakistan	Zimbabwe	• Grant Flower (c †Moin Khan) • John Rennie (c †Moin Khan) • Andy Whittall (c Saleem Malik)	Arbab Niaz Stadium, Peshawar	01996-11-03 3 November 1996
11.[D]	&0000000000001158.0000001,158[14]	Brandes, EddoEddo Brandes	Zimbabwe	England	• Nick Knight (c †Andy Flower) • John Crawley (lbw) • Nasser Hussain (c †Andy Flower)	Harare Sports Club, Harare	01997-01-03 3 January 1997
12.	&0000000000001164.0000001,164[15]	Stuart, AnthonyAnthony Stuart	Australia	Pakistan	• Ijaz Ahmed (c †Ian Healy) • Mohammad Wasim (c †Ian Healy) • Moin Khan (c Mark Taylor)	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne	01997-01-16 16 January 1997
13.[A]	&0000000000001479.0000001,479[16]	Saqlain MushtaqSaqlain Mushtaq	Pakistan	Zimbabwe	• Henry Olonga (st †Moin Khan) • Adam Huckle (st †Moin Khan) • Pommie Mbangwa (lbw)	The Oval, London	01999-06-11 11 June 1999*
14.[E]	&0000000000001776.0000001,776[17]	Vaas, ChamindaChaminda Vaas	Sri Lanka	Zimbabwe	• Stuart Carlisle (c Suresh Perera) • Craig Wishart (lbw) • Tatenda Taibu (lbw)	Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo	02001-12-08 8 December 2001
15.[A]	&0000000000001808.0000001,808[18]	Mohammad SamiMohammad Sami	Pakistan	West Indies	• Ridley Jacobs (lbw) • Corey Collymore (b) • Cameron Cuffy (b)	Sharjah Stadium, Sharjah	02002-02-15 15 February 2002
16.[C][D][F]	&0000000000001950.0000001,950[19]	Vaas, ChamindaChaminda Vaas	Sri Lanka	Bangladesh	• Hannan Sarkar (b) • Mohammad Ashraful (c and b) • Ehsanul Haque (c Mahela Jayawardene)	Pietermaritzburg Oval, Pietermaritzburg	02003-02-14 14 February 2003*
17.[D]	&0000000000001990.0000001,990[20]	Lee, BrettBrett Lee	Australia	Kenya	• Kennedy Otieno (b) • Brijal Patel (c Ricky Ponting) • David Obuya (b)	Kingsmead, Durban	02003-03-15 15 March 2003*
18.[A]	&0000000000002026.0000002,026[21]	Anderson, JamesJames Anderson	England	Pakistan	• Abdul Razzaq (c Marcus Trescothick) • Shoaib Akhtar (c †Chris Read) • Mohammad Sami (b)	The Oval, London	02003-06-20 20 June 2003
19.[A]	&0000000000002164.0000002,164[22]	Harmison, SteveSteve Harmison	England	India	• Mohammad Kaif (c †Geraint Jones) • Lakshmipathy Balaji (c Andrew Flintoff) • Ashish Nehra (c and b)	Trent Bridge, Nottingham	02004-09-01 1 September 2004
20.[A]	&0000000000002243.0000002,243[23]	Langeveldt, CharlCharl Langeveldt	South Africa	West Indies	• Ian Bradshaw (b) • Daren Powell (b) • Corey Collymore (lbw)	Kensington Oval, Barbados	02005-05-11 11 May 2005
21.	&0000000000002394.0000002,394[24]	Shahadat HossainShahadat Hossain	Bangladesh	Zimbabwe	• Tafadzwa Mufambisi (c †Khaled Mashud) • Elton Chigumbura (lbw) • Tawanda Mupariwa (c †Khaled Mashud)	Harare Sports Club, Harare	02006-08-02 2 August 2006
22.	&0000000000002432.0000002,432[25]	Taylor, JeromeJerome Taylor	West Indies	Australia	• Michael Hussey (b) • Brett Lee (lbw) • Brad Hogg (b)	Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai	02006-10-18 18 October 2006
23.	&0000000000002474.0000002,474[26]	Bond, ShaneShane Bond	New Zealand	Australia	• Cameron White (c Craig McMillan) • Andrew Symonds (c †Brendon McCullum) • Nathan Bracken (b)	Bellerive Oval, Hobart	02007-01-14 14 January 2007
24.[G]	&0000000000002556.0000002,556[27]	Malinga, LasithLasith Malinga	Sri Lanka	South Africa	• Shaun Pollock (b) • Andrew Hall (c Upul Tharanga) • Jacques Kallis (c †Kumar Sangakkara) • Makhaya Ntini (b)	Providence Stadium, Georgetown	02007-03-28 28 March 2007*
25.	&0000000000002833.0000002,833[28]	Flintoff, AndrewAndrew Flintoff	England	West Indies	• Denesh Ramdin (b) • Ravi Rampaul (lbw) • Sulieman Benn (b)	Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, Saint Lucia	02009-04-03 3 April 2009

[edit] Notes

A. ^{1 2 3 4 5 6 7}  Last three wickets of the innings

B. ¹  Aaqib Javed ended with 7–37, then the best bowling figures in an ODI.^[29]

C. ^1 2  Four wickets in five deliveries

D. ^1 2 3  First three wickets of the innings

E. ¹  Vaas took 8–19; this is the only time (as of July 2009^[update]) that a bowler has taken eight wickets in an ODI.^[29]

F. ¹  First three deliveries of the match

G. ¹  Four wickets in four deliveries

[edit] References

General

• "One Day Internationals - Hat-tricks". Cricinfo. http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/content/records/263626.html. Retrieved 10 July 2009. 

Specific