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.

Pakistani'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.

Hat-tricks

Key

List of Hat-tricks in One Day Internationals^[8]

No.	ODI No.	Bowler	For	Against	Wickets	Venue	Date
1.	158[9]	Jalal-ud-Din	Pakistan	Australia	• Rod Marsh (b) • Bruce Yardley (c †Wasim Bari) • Geoff Lawson (b)	Niaz Stadium, Hyderabad	20 September 1982
2. [H]	359[10]	Bruce Reid	Australia	New Zealand	• Bruce Blair (c Greg Matthews) • Ervin McSweeney (c Allan Border) • Stu Gillespie (b)	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney	29 January 1986
3.	474[11]	Chetan Sharma	India	New Zealand	• Ken Rutherford (b) • Ian Smith (b) • Ewen Chatfield (b)	Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur	31 October 1987 W
4.	570[12]	Wasim Akram	Pakistan	West Indies	• Jeff Dujon (b) • Malcolm Marshall (b) • Curtly Ambrose (b)	Sharjah Stadium, Sharjah	14 October 1989
5.[A]	631[13]	Wasim Akram	Pakistan	Australia	• Merv Hughes (b) • Carl Rackemann (b) • Terry Alderman (b)	Sharjah Stadium, Sharjah	4 May 1990
6. [H]	661[14]	Kapil Dev	India	Sri Lanka	• Roshan Mahanama (c †Kiran More) • Rumesh Ratnayake (lbw) • Sanath Jayasuriya (c Sanjay Manjrekar)	Eden Gardens, Calcutta	4 January 1991
7.[B]	685[15]	Aaqib Javed	Pakistan	India	• Ravi Shastri (lbw) • Mohammad Azharuddin (lbw) • Sachin Tendulkar (lbw)	Sharjah Stadium, Sharjah	25 October 1991
8. [H]	896[16]	Danny Morrison	New Zealand	India	• Kapil Dev (b) • Salil Ankola (b) • Nayan Mongia (b)	McLean Park, Napier	25 March 1994
9.[A]	966[17]	Waqar Younis	Pakistan	New Zealand	• Chris Harris (b) • Chris Pringle (b) • Richard de Groen (b)	Buffalo Park, East London	19 December 1994
10.[C]	1,136[18]	Saqlain Mushtaq	Pakistan	Zimbabwe	• Grant Flower (c †Moin Khan) • John Rennie (c †Moin Khan) • Andy Whittall (c Saleem Malik)	Arbab Niaz Stadium, Peshawar	3 November 1996
11.[D] [H]	1,158[19]	Eddo Brandes	Zimbabwe	England	• Nick Knight (c †Andy Flower) • John Crawley (lbw) • Nasser Hussain (c †Andy Flower)	Harare Sports Club, Harare	3 January 1997
12.	1,164[20]	Anthony Stuart	Australia	Pakistan	• Ijaz Ahmed (c †Ian Healy) • Mohammad Wasim (c †Ian Healy) • Moin Khan (c Mark Taylor)	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne	16 January 1997
13.[A]	1,479[21]	Saqlain Mushtaq	Pakistan	Zimbabwe	• Henry Olonga (st †Moin Khan) • Adam Huckle (st †Moin Khan) • Pommie Mbangwa (lbw)	The Oval, London	11 June 1999 W
14.[E]	1,776[22]	Chaminda Vaas	Sri Lanka	Zimbabwe	• Stuart Carlisle (c Suresh Perera) • Craig Wishart (lbw) • Tatenda Taibu (lbw)	Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo	8 December 2001
15.[A]	1,808[23]	Mohammad Sami	Pakistan	West Indies	• Ridley Jacobs (lbw) • Corey Collymore (b) • Cameron Cuffy (b)	Sharjah Stadium, Sharjah	15 February 2002
16.[C][D][F]	1,950[24]	Chaminda Vaas	Sri Lanka	Bangladesh	• Hannan Sarkar (b) • Mohammad Ashraful (c and b) • Ehsanul Haque (c Mahela Jayawardene)	Pietermaritzburg Oval, Pietermaritzburg	14 February 2003W
17.[D]	1,990[25]	Brett Lee	Australia	Kenya	• Kennedy Otieno (b) • Brijal Patel (c Ricky Ponting) • David Obuya (b)	Kingsmead, Durban	15 March 2003 W
18.[A]	2,026[26]	James Anderson	England	Pakistan	• Abdul Razzaq (c Marcus Trescothick) • Shoaib Akhtar (c †Chris Read) • Mohammad Sami (b)	The Oval, London	20 June 2003
19.[A]	2,164[27]	Steve Harmison	England	India	• Mohammad Kaif (c †Geraint Jones) • Lakshmipathy Balaji (c Andrew Flintoff) • Ashish Nehra (c and b)	Trent Bridge, Nottingham	1 September 2004
20.[A]	2,243[28]	Charl Langeveldt	South Africa	West Indies	• Ian Bradshaw (b) • Daren Powell (b) • Corey Collymore (lbw)	Kensington Oval Barbados	11 May 2005
21.	2,394[29]	Shahadat Hossain	Bangladesh	Zimbabwe	• Tafadzwa Mufambisi (c †Khaled Mashud) • Elton Chigumbura (lbw) • Tawanda Mupariwa (c †Khaled Mashud)	Harare Sports Club, Harare	2 August 2006
22.	2,432[30]	Jerome Taylor	West Indies	Australia	• Michael Hussey (b) • Brett Lee (lbw) • Brad Hogg (b)	Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai	18 October 2006
23.	2,474[31]	Shane Bond	New Zealand	Australia	• Cameron White (c Craig McMillan) • Andrew Symonds (c †Brendon McCullum) • Nathan Bracken (b)	Bellerive Oval, Hobart	14 January 2007
24.[G][H]	2,556[32]	Lasith Malinga	Sri Lanka	South Africa	• Shaun Pollock (b) • Andrew Hall (c Upul Tharanga) • Jacques Kallis (c †Kumar Sangakkara) • Makhaya Ntini (b)	Providence Stadium, Georgetown	28 March 2007 W
25.	2,833[33]	Andrew Flintoff	England	West Indies	• Denesh Ramdin (b) • Ravi Rampaul (lbw) • Sulieman Benn (b)	Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, Saint Lucia	3 April 2009
26.	2,999[34]	Farveez Maharoof	Sri Lanka	India	• Ravindra Jadeja (lbw) • Praveen Kumar (b) • Zaheer Khan (c †Kumar Sangakkara)	Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla	22 June 2010
27.[H]	3,073[35]	Abdur Razzak	Bangladesh	Zimbabwe	• Prosper Utseya (c Naeem Islam) • Ray Price (lbw) • Christopher Mpofu (lbw)	Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Mirpur	3 December 2010
28.[A]	3,112[36]	Kemar Roach	West Indies	Netherlands	• Pieter Seelaar (lbw) • Bernard Loots (lbw) • Berend Westdijk (b)	Feroz Shah Kotla, New Delhi	28 February 2011W
29.[H]	3,113[37]	Lasith Malinga	Sri Lanka	Kenya	• Tanmay Mishra (lbw) • Peter Ongondo (b) • Shem Ngoche (b)	R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo	1 March 2011 W
30.	3,184[38]	Lasith Malinga	Sri Lanka	Australia	• Mitchell Johnson (b) • John Hastings (lbw) • Xavier Doherty (b)	R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo	22 August 2011
31.	3,253[39]	Dan Christian	Australia	Sri Lanka	• Thisara Perera (c Michael Hussey) • Sachithra Senanayake (lbw) • Nuwan Kulasekara (lbw)	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne	2 March 2012
32.	3,275[40]	Thisara Perera	Sri Lanka	Pakistan	• Younis Khan (c †Kumar Sangakkara) • Shahid Afridi (c Dinesh Chandimal) • Sarfraz Ahmed (c Mahela Jayawardene)	R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo	16 June 2012
33.[D]	3,415[41]	Clint McKay	Australia	England	• Kevin Pietersen (lbw) • Jonathan Trott (c Aaron Finch) • Joe Root (c Shane Watson)	Sophia Gardens, Cardiff	14 September 2013
34.	3,423[42]	Rubel Hossain	Bangladesh	New Zealand	• Corey Anderson (b) • Brendon McCullum (c Shamsur Rahman (sub)) • Jimmy Neesham (c †Mushfiqur Rahim)	Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Mirpur	29 October 2013
35.	3,518[43]	Prosper Utseya	Zimbabwe	South Africa	• Quinton de Kock (c Tendai Chatara) • Rilee Rossouw (c John Nyumbu) • David Miller (lbw)	Harare Sports Club, Harare	29 August 2014
36.[H][I]	3,559[44]	Taijul Islam	Bangladesh	Zimbabwe	• Tinashe Panyangara (b) • John Nyumbu (lbw) • Tendai Chatara (b)	Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Mirpur	1 December 2014 D
37.[A]	3,600[45]	Steven Finn	England	Australia	• Brad Haddin (c Stuart Broad) • Glenn Maxwell (c Joe Root) • Mitchell Johnson (c James Anderson)	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne	14 February 2015W
38.[H]	3,640[46]	JP Duminy	South Africa	Sri Lanka	• Angelo Mathews (c Faf du Plessis) • Nuwan Kulasekara (c Quinton de Kock) • Tharindu Kaushal (lbw)	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney	18 March 2015 W
39.[I]	3,663[4]	Kagiso Rabada	South Africa	Bangladesh	• Tamim Iqbal (b) • Litton Das (c Farhaan Behardien) • Mahmudullah Riyad (lbw)	Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Mirpur	10 July 2015 D
40.[H]	3,769[47]	James Faulkner	Australia	Sri Lanka	• Kusal Perera (lbw) • Angelo Mathews (c Moises Henriques) • Thisara Perera (b)	Premadasa Stadium, Colombo	24 August 2016
41.[A]	3,856[48]	Taskin Ahmed	Bangladesh	Sri Lanka	• Asela Gunaratne (c Soumya Sarkar) • Suranga Lakmal (c Mustafizur Rahman) • Nuwan Pradeep (b)	Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla	28 March 2017
42.[A][I]	3,899[49]	Wanindu Hasaranga	Sri Lanka	Zimbabwe	• Malcolm Waller (b) • Donald Tiripano (lbw) • Tendai Chatara (b)	Galle International Stadium, Galle	2 July 2017 D
43.	3,912[50]	Kuldeep Yadav	India	Australia	• Matthew Wade (b) • Ashton Agar (lbw) • Pat Cummins (c MS Dhoni)	Eden Gardens, Kolkata	21 September 2017
44.[A][H][I]	3,967[51]	Shehan Madushanka	Sri Lanka	Bangladesh	• Mashrafe Mortaza (c Kusal Mendis) • Rubel Hossain (b) • Mahmudullah (c Upul Tharanga)	Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Mirpur	27 January 2018 D
45.[H]	4,050[52]	Imran Tahir	South Africa	Zimbabwe	• Sean Williams (st Heinrich Klaasen) • Peter Moor (lbw) • Brandon Mavuta (b)	Mangaung Oval, Bloemfontein	3 October 2018
46.	4,066[53]	Trent Boult	New Zealand	Pakistan	• Fakhar Zaman (b) • Babar Azam (c Ross Taylor) • Mohammad Hafeez (lbw)	Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi	7 November 2018
47.[A]	4,169 [54]	Mohammed Shami	India	Afghanistan	• Mohammad Nabi (c Hardik Pandya) • Aftab Alam (b) • Mujeeb Ur Rahman (b)	The Rose Bowl, Southampton	22 June 2019 W
48.[A]	4,178[55]	Trent Boult	New Zealand	Australia	• Usman Khawaja (b) • Mitchell Starc (b) • Jason Behrendorff (lbw)	Lord's Cricket Ground, London	29 June 2019 W
49.	4,222[56]	Kuldeep Yadav	India	West Indies	• Shai Hope (c Virat Kohli) • Jason Holder (st Rishabh Pant) • Alzarri Joseph (c Kedar Jadhav)	ACA–VDCA Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam	18 December 2019
50.	4,546[57]	Wesley Madhevere	Zimbabwe	Netherlands	• Colin Ackermann (st Clive Madande) • Teja Nidamanuru (b) • Paul van Meekeren (b)	Harare Sports Club, Harare	23 March 2023

By teams

Hat-tricks by teams

Teams	Hat-tricks
Sri Lanka	9
Pakistan	8
Australia	6
Bangladesh	5
India
England	4
New Zealand
South Africa
Zimbabwe	3
West Indies	2
Total	50

By players

Players with multiple hat-tricks

Players	Hat-tricks
Lasith Malinga	3
Kuldeep Yadav	2
Chaminda Vaas
Trent Boult
Wasim Akram
Saqlain Mushtaq

By grounds

Grounds involved in multiple hat-tricks

Ground	Hat-tricks
Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur	5
R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo	4
Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah
Harare Sports Club, Harare
Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne	3
Eden Gardens, Kolkata	2
Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
The Oval, London
Dambulla Cricket Stadium, Dambulla