A hattrick in cricket is when a bowler takes three wickets in three consecutive deliveries, and it is an event that occurs very rarely. The supporting fact is that in more than 50 years of ODI cricket, only 50 hattricks have been recorded in the format. However, the impact that the hattrick has on the bowling team is enormous, as it enables them to exert maximum pressure on the batting side. The batting team will lose all the momentum they would have had, and it leaves them with little time to get back into the contest.
Hence, hattricks, though less frequent, are a very significant feat in international cricket, and it will have a great bearing on the match when it does happen. Here are the “Most ODI Hattricks by Teams.”.
Most ODI Hat-tricks by Teams
| Team | No of Hat-tricks | No of players | First Hat-trick By |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sri Lanka | 9 | 6 | Chaminda Vaas |
| Pakistan | 8 | 6 | Jalal-ud-Din |
| Australia | 6 | 6 | Bruce Reid |
| Bangladesh | 5 | 5 | Shahadat Hossain |
| India | 5 | 4 | Chetan Sharma |
| England | 4 | 4 | James Anderson |
| New Zealand | 4 | 3 | Danny Morrison |
| South Africa | 4 | 4 | Charl Langeveldt |
| Zimbabwe | 3 | 3 | Eddo Brandes |
| West Indies | 2 | 2 | Jerome Taylor |
Key Stats
50: Pakistan’s Jalal-ud-Din took the first-ever ODI hattrick against Australia at the Niraz Stadium in 1982. Since then, there have been 49 instances of a bowler taking a hattrick in the format.
43: The number of different bowlers to have taken an ODI hattrick and Sri Lanka leads the pack with 9 in ODI cricket. They, along with Pakistan and Australia, have 6 bowlers each taking an ODI hattrick.
Chetan Sharma of India was the first bowler to register a hattrick in an ODI World Cup. The pacer took three wickets in three balls in a 1987 WC fixture against New Zealand at Nagpur. It is also the first Indian hattrick in international cricket.
3: Lasith Malinga of Sri Lanka holds the record of taking the most ODI hattricks, and he has taken three of those. He is also the only bowler to take 4 wickets in 4 balls in the format.
6: The number of bowlers to have taken more than one hattrick in ODI cricket. While Lasith Malinga has three, Saqlain Mushtaq (Pakistan), Trent Boult (New Zealand), Chaminda Vaas (Sri Lanka), Wasim Akram (Pakistan), and Kuldeep Yadav (India) have taken two hattricks each.
At 19 years and 81 days, Pakistan’s Aaqib Javed became the youngest bowler to take an ODI hattrick. South Africa’s Kagiso Rabada, Bangladesh’s Taijul Islam, and Sri Lanka’s Wanindu Hasaranga were the three bowlers to pick an ODI hattrick on their debut.
Find the list of all hattricks picked in ODI World Cup matches.
