Hat-trick in the Cricket World Cup
A hat-trick in cricket happens when a bowler takes three wickets on successive deliveries, eliminating three different batters.
Chetan Sharma from India achieved the first hat-trick in the 1987 Reliance World Cup by clean bowling New Zealand’s Ken Rutherford, Ian Smith, and Ewen Chatfield in consecutive deliveries.
Saqlain Mushtaq of Pakistan took the second Hat-trick in the cricket world cup
Second hat trick in the cricket World Cup. June 11, 1999, at The Oval, ICC World Cup.
Saqlain Mushtaq took a hat-trick with the wickets of
Henry Olonga st †Moin Khan b Saqlain Mushtaq
Adam Huckle st †Moin Khan b Saqlain Mushtaq
Pommie Mbangwa lbw b Saqlain Mushtaq
Chaminda Vaas of Sri Lanka
Chaminda Vaas becomes the third bowler to have a hat-trick in the cricket world cup.
Vaas took a hat-trick with the first three balls of the match, he also took a wicket with his fifth ball of the match.
Hannan Sarkar b Vaas
Al Sahariar c de Silva b Vaas
Mohammad Ashraful c & b Vaas
Sri Lanka won by 10 wickets. Man of the match:- Chaminda Vaas
Brett Lee of Australia
Brett Lee became the fourth bowler to take a hat-trick in the Cricket World Cup. He achieved this on March 15, 2003, during the ICC World Cup against Kenya.
Kennedy Otieno † b Lee
Brijal Patel c Ponting b Lee
David Obuya b Lee.
Australia won by 5 wickets
Lasith Malinga of Sri Lanka
Malinga became the fifth bowler to take a hat-trick in the Cricket World Cup. He achieved this on March 28, 2007, during the ICC World Cup match against South Africa.
Malinga took 4 wickets in 4 balls, with the wickets of
Shaun Pollock b Malinga
Andrew Hall c Tharanga b Malinga
Jacques Kallis c †Sangakkara b Malinga
Makhaya Ntini b Malinga
South Africa won by 1 wicket
Kemar Roach of West Indies
Kemar Roach became the sixth bowler to take a hat-trick in the Cricket World Cup. He achieved this on February 28, 2011, during the ICC World Cup match against Netherlands.
Kemar Roach took a hat-trick with the wickets of
Pieter Seelaar lbw b Roach 1
Bernard Loots lbw b Roach 0
Berend Westdijk b Roach 0
Lasith Malinga of Sri Lanka took the second Hat-trick in the cricket world cup
Lasith Malinga became the Seventh bowler to take a hat-trick in the Cricket World Cup. He achieved this for the second time on March 1, 2011, during the ICC World Cup match against Kenya. The first hat-trick was on March 28, 2007, during the ICC World Cup match against South Africa.
Peter Ongondo b Malinga
Shem Ngoche b Malinga
Elijah Otieno b Malinga
Steven Finn of England
Steven Finn became the eighth bowler to take a hat-trick in the Cricket World Cup. He achieved this on February 14, 2015, during the ICC World Cup match against Australia.
Steven Finn took a hat-trick with the wickets of
Brad Haddin †c Broad b Finn
Glenn Maxwell c Root b Finn
Mitchell Johnson c Anderson b Finn
Australia won by 111 runs
JP Duminy of South Africa
JP Duminy became the ninth bowler to take a hat-trick in the Cricket World Cup. He achieved this on March 18, 2015, during the ICC World Cup match against South Africa.
JP Duminy took a hat-trick with the wickets of
Angelo Mathews (c) c du Plessis b Duminy
Nuwan Kulasekara c †de Kock b Duminy
Tharindu Kaushal lbw b Duminy
South Africa won by 9 wickets
Mohammed Shami of India
Mohammed Shami became the tenth bowler to take a hat-trick in the Cricket World Cup. He achieved this on June 22, 2019, during the ICC World Cup match against Afghanistan.
Mohammed Shami took a hat-trick with the wickets of
Mohammad Nabi c Pandya b Mohammed Shami
Aftab Alam b Mohammed Shami
Mujeeb Ur Rahman b Mohammed Shami
Trent Boult of New-Zealand
Trent Boult became the eleventh bowler to take a hat-trick in the Cricket World Cup. He achieved this on June 29, 2019, during the ICC World Cup match against Australia.
Trent Boult took a hat-trick with the wickets of
Usman Khawaja b Boult
Mitchell Starc b Boult
Jason Behrendorff lbw b Boult
Australia won by 86 runs
