Hat tricks in a test innings – SC Boland of Australia joins the list
SC Boland of Australia performed the hat-trick against West Indies in the just concluded test at Kingston to provide the 39th occasion of a bowler performing the feat in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are tabulated below
| No | Bowler | Team | Opp | Ground | Series |
| 1 | FR Spofforth | Aus | Eng | Melbourne | 1878-79 |
| 2 | W Bates | Eng | Aus | Melbourne | 1882-83 |
| 3 | J Briggs | Eng | Aus | Sydney | 1891-92 |
| 4 | GA Lohmann | Eng | RSA | Port Elizabeth | 1895-96 |
| 5 | JT Hearne | Eng | Aus | Leeds | 1899 |
| 6 | H Trumble | Aus | Eng | Melbourne | 1901-02 |
| 7 | H Trumble | Aus | Eng | Melbourne | 1903-04 |
| 8 | TJ Matthews (1} | Aus | RSA | Manchester | 1912 |
| 9 | TJ Matthews (2} | Aus | RSA | Manchester | 1912 |
| 0 | MJC Allom | Eng | NZl | Christchurch | 1929-30 |
| 11 | TWJ Goddard | Eng | RSA | Johannesburg | 1938-39 |
| 22 | PJ Loader | Eng | Win | Leeds | 1957 |
| 23 | LF Kline | Aus | RSA | Cape Town | 1957-58 |
| 24 | WW Hall | Win | Pak | Lahore | 1958-59 |
| 25 | GM Griffin | RSA | Eng | Lord’s | 1960 |
| 26 | LR Gibbs | Win | Aus | Adelaide | 1960-61 |
| 27 | PJ Petherick | NZl | Pak | Lahore | 1976-77 |
| 28 | CA Walsh | Win | Aus | Brisbane | 1988-89 |
| 29 | MG Hughes | Aus | Win | Perth | 1988-89 |
| 10 | DW Fleming | Aus | Pak | Rawalpindi | 1994-95 |
| 11 | SK Warne | Aus | Eng | Melbourne | 1994-95 |
| 12 | DG Cork | Eng | Win | Manchester | 1995 |
| 13 | D Gough | Eng | Aus | Sydney | 1998-99 |
| 14 | Wasim Akram | Pak | Srl | Lahore | 1998-99 |
| 15 | Wasim Akram | Pak | Srl | Dhaka | 1998-99 |
| 16 | DNT Zoysa | Srl | Zim | Harare | 1999-2000 |
| 17 | Abdul Razzaq | Pak | Srl | Galle | 1999-2000 |
| 18 | GD McGrath | Aus | Win | Perth | 2000-01 |
| 19 | Harbhajan Singh | Ind | Aus | Kolkata | 2000-01 |
| 20 | Mohammad Sami | Pak | Srl | Lahore | 2001-02 |
| 21 | JJC Lawson | Win | Aus | Bridgetown | 2002-03 |
| 22 | Alok Kapali | Ban | Pak | Peshawar | 2003 |
| 23 | AM Blignaut | Zim | Ban | Harare | 2003-04 |
| 24 | MJ Hoggard | Eng | Win | Barbados | 2003-04 |
| 52 | JEC Franklin | NZl | Ban | Dhaka | 2004-05 |
| 26 | IK Pathan | Ind | Pak | Karachi | 2005-06 |
| 27 | RJ Sidebottom | Eng | NZl | Hamilton | 2007-08 |
| 28 | PM Siddle | Aus | Eng | Brisbane | 2010-11 |
| 29 | SCJ Broad | Eng | Ind | Nottingham | 2011 |
| 30 | Sohag Gazi | Ban | NZl | Chittagong | 2013-14 |
| 31 | SCJ Broad | Eng | Srl | Leeds | 2014 |
| 32 | HMRKB Herath | Srl | Aus | Galle | 2016 |
| 33 | MM Ali | Eng | RSA | The Oval | 2017 |
| 34 | JJ Bumrah | Ind | Win | Kingston | 2019 |
| 35 | Naseem Shah | Pak | Ban | Rawalpindi | 2020 |
| 36 | KA Maharaj | RSA | Win | Gros Islet | 2021 |
| 37 | Gus Atkinson | Eng | NZl | Wellington | 2024-25 |
| 38 | Noman Ali | Pak | Win | Multan | 2025 |
| 39 | SC Boland | Aus | Win | Kingston | 2025 |
SC Boland of Australia performed the hat-trick against West Indies in the just concluded test at Kingston to provide the 13th occasion of an Australian bowler performing the feat in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are tabulated below
| No | Bowler | Team | Opp | Ground | Series |
| 1 | FR Spofforth | Aus | Eng | Melbourne | 1878-79 |
| 2 | H Trumble | Aus | Eng | Melbourne | 1901-02 |
| 3 | H Trumble | Aus | Eng | Melbourne | 1903-04 |
| 4 | TJ Matthews (1} | Aus | RSA | Manchester | 1912 |
| 5 | TJ Matthews (2} | Aus | RSA | Manchester | 1912 |
| 6 | LF Kline | Aus | RSA | Cape Town | 1957-58 |
| 7 | MG Hughes | Aus | Win | Perth | 1988-89 |
| 8 | DW Fleming | Aus | Pak | Rawalpindi | 1994-95 |
| 9 | SK Warne | Aus | Eng | Melbourne | 1994-95 |
| 10 | GD McGrath | Aus | Win | Perth | 2000-01 |
| 11 | PM Siddle | Aus | Eng | Brisbane | 2010-11 |
| 12 | SC Boland | Aus | Win | Kingston | 2025 |
SC Boland of Australia performed the hat-trick against West Indies in the just concluded test at Kingston to provide the ninth occasion of a bowler performing the feat in the annals of test cricket against West Indies. All such occasions are tabulated below
| No | Bowler | Team | Opp | Ground | Series |
| 1 | PJ Loader | Eng | Win | Leeds | 1957 |
| 2 | MG Hughes | Aus | Win | Perth | 1988-89 |
| 3 | DG Cork | Eng | Win | Manchester | 1995 |
| 4 | GD McGrath | Aus | Win | Perth | 2000-01 |
| 5 | MJ Hoggard | Eng | Win | Barbados | 2003-04 |
| 6 | JJ Bumrah | Ind | Win | Kingston | 2019 |
| 7 | KA Maharaj | RSA | Win | Gros Islet | 2021 |
| 8 | Noman Ali | Pak | Win | Multan | 2025 |
| 9 | SC Boland | Aus | Win | Kingston | 2025 |
SC Boland of Australia performed the hat-trick against West Indies in the just concluded test at Kingston to provide the third occasion of an Australian bowler performing the feat in the annals of test cricket against West Indies All such occasions are tabulated below
| No | Bowler | Team | Opp | Ground | Series |
| 1 | MG Hughes | Aus | Win | Perth | 1988-89 |
| 2 | GD McGrath | Aus | Win | Perth | 2000-01 |
| 3 | SC Boland | Aus | Win | Kingston | 2025 |
Notes : Allom, Petherick and Fleming did the hat-trick on debut. The second Trumble and the Griffin hat-tricks were in the final Test of these players. The Walsh, Hughes and Lawson hat-tricks involved two innings. Matthews did the hat-trick in each innings. Petherick has the most expensive innings analysis of somebody doing the hat trick 3 for 103). Largest total to include a hat-trick is 537 by Pakistan at Rawalpindi, 1994-95. Least number of career Test wickets for a bowler doing a hat- trick is 6 by Alok Kapali. Zoysa’s hat-trick was from the first three balls he delivered in the Test. Pathan took his hat-trick in the first over of the Test.