Hat tricks in the annals of test cricket

Hat tricks in the annals of test cricket

Noman Ali of Pakistan performed the hattrick against West Indies in the just concluded test at Multan to provide the 48th occasion of a bowler performing the feat in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are tabulated below.

NoBowlerVictimsTeamOppGroundSeason
1FR SpofforthVPFA Royle, FA Mackinnon, T.EmmettAusEngMelbourne1878-79
2W BatesPS McDonnell, G Giffen, GJ BonnorEngAusMelbourne1882-83
3J BriggsWF Giffen, ST Callaway, JM BlackhamEngAusSydney1891-92
4GA LohmannFJ Cook, J Middleton, JT WinlloughbyEngRSAP Elizabeth1895-96
5JT HearneC Hill, SE Gregory, MA NobleEngAusLeeds1899
6H TrumbleAO Jones, JR Gunn, SF BarnesAusEngMelbourne1901-02
7H TrumbleBJT Bosanquet, PF Warner, AFA LilleyAusEngMelbourne1903-04
8TJ Matthews1st Inns: R Beaumont, SJ Pegler, TA WardAusRSAManchester1912
9TJ Matthews2nd Inns: HW Taylor, RO Schwartz, TA WardAusRSAManchester1912
10MJC AllomTC Lowry, KC James, FT BadcockEngNZlChristchurch1929-30
11TWJ GoddardAD Nourse, N Gordon, WW WadeEngRSAJohannesburg1938-39
12PJ LoaderJDC Goddard, S Ramadhin, R GilchristEngWinLeeds1957
13LF KlineERH Fuller, HJ Tayfield, NAT AdcockAusRSACape Town1957-58
14WW HallMushtaq Mohammad, Fazal Mahmood, Nasim-ul-GhaniWinPakLahore1958-59
15GM GriffinMJK Smith, PM Walker, FS TruemanRSAEngLord’s1960
16LR GibbsKD Mackay, ATW Grout, FM MissonWinAusAdelaide1960-61
17PJ PetherickJaved Miandad, Wasim Raja, Intikhab AlamNZlPakLahore1976-77
18CA WalshAIC Dodemaide, MRJ Veletta, GM WoodWinAusBrisbane1988-89
19MG HughesCEL Ambrose, BP Patterson, CG GreenidgeAusWinPerth1988-89
20DW FlemingAamer Malik, Inzamam-ul-Haq, Saleem MalikAusPakRawalpindi1994-95
21SK WarnePAJ DeFreitas, D Gough, DE MalcolmAusEngMelbourne1994-95
22DG CorkRB Richardson, JR Murray, CL HooperEngWinManchester1995
23D GoughIA Healy, SCG MacGill, CR MillerEngAusSydney1998-99
24Wasim AkramRS Kaluwitharana,Bandaratilleke, GP WinckramasinghePakSrlLahore1998-99
25Wasim AkramDA Gunawardene, WPUJC Vaas, M JayawardenePakSrlDhaka1998-99
26DNT ZoysaTR Gripper, MW Goodwin, NC JohnsonSrlZimHarare1999-00
27Abdul RazzaqRS Kaluwitharana, HMRKB Herath, KR PushpakumaraPakSrlGalle1999-00
28GD McGrathSrl Campbell, BC Lara, JC AdamsAusWinPerth2000-01
29HarbhajanRT Ponting, AC Gilchrist, SK WarneIndAusKolkata2000-01
30Modd SamiTCB Fernando, DNT Zoysa, M MuralitharanPakSrlLahore2001-02
31JJC LawsonB Lee, SCG MacGill, JL LangerWinAusBridgetown2002-03
32Alok KapaliShabbir Ahmed, Danish Kaneria, Umar GulBanPakPeshawar2003
33AM BlignautHannan Sarkar, Moh Ashrafdul, Mushfiqur RahmanZimBanHarare2003-04
34MJ HoggardRR Sarwan, S Chanderpaul, RO HindsEngWinBarbados2003-04
35JEC FranklinMI Rana, Mohammad Rafique, Tapash BaisyaNZlBanDhaka2004-05
36IK PathanSalman Butt, Younis Khan, Mohammad YousufIndPakKarachi2005-06
37RJ SidebottomSP Fleming, MS Sinclair, JDP OramEngNZlHamilton2007-08
38PM SiddleAN Cook, MJ Prior, SCJ BroadAusEngBrisbane2010-11
39SCJ BroadMS Dhoni, Harbhajan Singh, P KumarEngIndNottingham2011
40Sohag GaziCorey J Anderson, BJ Watling, DAJ BracewellBanNZlChittagong2013-14
41SCJ BroadKC Sangakkara, LD Chandimal, RMS ErangaEngSrlLeeds2014
42HMRKB HerathAC Voges, PM Nevill, MA StarcSrlAusGalle2016
43MM AliD Elgar, K Rabada, M MorkelEngRSAThe Oval2017
44JJ BumrahDM Bravo, SSJ Brooks, RL ChaseIndWinKingston2019
45Naseem ShahNajmul Hossain Shanto, Taijul Islam, MahmudullahPakBanRawalpindi2020
46KA MaharajKOA Powell, JO Holder, J Da SilvaRSAWinGros Islet2021
47Gus AtkinsonNathan Smith, Matt Henry, Tim SoutheeEngNZlWellington2024-25
48Noman AliJustin Greaves, Tevin Imlach, Kevin SinclairPakWinMultan2025

Noman Ali of Pakistan performed the hattrick against West Indies in the just concluded test at Multan to provide the sixth occasion of a Pakistan bowler performing the feat in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are tabulated below.

NoBowlerVictimsTeamOppGroundSeason
1Wasim AkramRS Kaluwitharana,Bandaratilleke, GP WinckramasinghePakSrlLahore1998-99
2Wasim AkramDA Gunawardene, WPUJC Vaas, M JayawardenePakSrlDhaka1998-99
3Abdul RazzaqRS Kaluwitharana, HMRKB Herath, KR PushpakumaraPakSrlGalle1999-00
4Modd SamiTCB Fernando, DNT Zoysa, M MuralitharanPakSrlLahore2001-02
5Naseem ShahNajmul Hossain Shanto, Taijul Islam, MahmudullahPakBanRawalpindi2020
6Noman AliJustin Greaves, Tevin Imlach, Kevin SinclairPakWinMultan2025

Noman Ali of Pakistan performed the hattrick against West Indies in the just concluded test at Multan to provide the sixth occasion of a bowler performing the feat in the annals of test cricket against West Indies. All such occasions are tabulated below.

NoBowlerVictimsTeamOppGroundSeason
1PJ LoaderJDC Goddard, S Ramadhin, R GilchristEngWinLeeds1957
2MG HughesCEL Ambrose, BP Patterson, CG GreenidgeAusWinPerth1988-89
3DG CorkRB Richardson, JR Murray, CL HooperEngWinManchester1995
4GD McGrathSrl Campbell, BC Lara, JC AdamsAusWinPerth2000-01
5MJ HoggardRR Sarwan, S Chanderpaul, RO HindsEngWinBarbados2003-04
6JJ BumrahDM Bravo, SSJ Brooks, RL ChaseIndWinKingston2019
7KA MaharajKOA Powell, JO Holder, J Da SilvaRSAWinGros Islet2021
8Noman AliJustin Greaves, Tevin Imlach, Kevin SinclairPakWinMultan2025

The following table lists the bowlers who have performed the hat trick team wise. England bowlers lead the table with 15 occasions.

NoBowlerVictimsTeamOppGroundSeason
1FR SpofforthVPFA Royle, FA Mackinnon, T.EmmettAusEngMelbourne1878-79
2H TrumbleAO Jones, JR Gunn, SF BarnesAusEngMelbourne1901-02
3H TrumbleBJT Bosanquet, PF Warner, AFA LilleyAusEngMelbourne1903-04
4TJ Matthews1st Inns: R Beaumont, SJ Pegler, TA WardAusRSAManchester1912
5TJ Matthews2nd Inns: HW Taylor, RO Schwartz, TA WardAusRSAManchester1912
6LF KlineERH Fuller, HJ Tayfield, NAT AdcockAusRSACape Town1957-58
7MG HughesCEL Ambrose, BP Patterson, CG GreenidgeAusWinPerth1988-89
8DW FlemingAamer Malik, Inzamam-ul-Haq, Saleem MalikAusPakRawalpindi1994-95
9SK WarnePAJ DeFreitas, D Gough, DE MalcolmAusEngMelbourne1994-95
10GD McGrathSrl Campbell, BC Lara, JC AdamsAusWinPerth2000-01
11PM SiddleAN Cook, MJ Prior, SCJ BroadAusEngBrisbane2010-11
       
1Alok KapaliShabbir Ahmed, Danish Kaneria, Umar GulBanPakPeshawar2003
2Sohag GaziCorey J Anderson, BJ Watling, DAJ BracewellBanNZlChittagong2013-14
       
1W BatesPS McDonnell, G Giffen, GJ BonnorEngAusMelbourne1882-83
2J BriggsWF Giffen, ST Callaway, JM BlackhamEngAusSydney1891-92
3GA LohmannFJ Cook, J Middleton, JT WinlloughbyEngRSAP Elizabeth1895-96
4JT HearneC Hill, SE Gregory, MA NobleEngAusLeeds1899
5MJC AllomTC Lowry, KC James, FT BadcockEngNZlChristchurch1929-30
6TWJ GoddardAD Nourse, N Gordon, WW WadeEngRSAJohannesburg1938-39
7PJ LoaderJDC Goddard, S Ramadhin, R GilchristEngWinLeeds1957
8DG CorkRB Richardson, JR Murray, CL HooperEngWinManchester1995
9D GoughIA Healy, SCG MacGill, CR MillerEngAusSydney1998-99
10MJ HoggardRR Sarwan, S Chanderpaul, RO HindsEngWinBarbados2003-04
11RJ SidebottomSP Fleming, MS Sinclair, JDP OramEngNZlHamilton2007-08
12SCJ BroadMS Dhoni, Harbhajan Singh, P KumarEngIndNottingham2011
13SCJ BroadKC Sangakkara, LD Chandimal, RMS ErangaEngSrlLeeds2014
14MM AliD Elgar, K Rabada, M MorkelEngRSAThe Oval2017
15G AtkinsonNathan Smith, Matt Henry, Tim SoutheeEngNZlWellington2024-25
       
1HarbhajanRT Ponting, AC Gilchrist, SK WarneIndAusKolkata2000-01
2IK PathanSalman Butt, Younis Khan, Mohammad YousufIndPakKarachi2005-06
3JJ BumrahDM Bravo, SSJ Brooks, RL ChaseIndWinKingston2019
       
1PJ PetherickJaved Miandad, Wasim Raja, Intikhab AlamNZlPakLahore1976-77
2JEC FranklinMI Rana, Mohammad Rafique, Tapash BaisyaNZlBanDhaka2004-05
       
1Wasim AkramRS Kaluwitharana,Bandaratilleke, GP WinckramasinghePakSrlLahore1998-99
2Wasim AkramDA Gunawardene, WPUJC Vaas, M JayawardenePakSrlDhaka1998-99
3Abdul RazzaqRS Kaluwitharana, HMRKB Herath, KR PushpakumaraPakSrlGalle1999-00
4Mohd SamiTCB Fernando, DNT Zoysa, M MuralitharanPakSrlLahore2001-02
5Naseem ShahNajmul Hossain Shanto, Taijul Islam, MahmudullahPakBanRawalpindi2020
       
1GM GriffinMJK Smith, PM Walker, FS TruemanRSAEngLord’s1960
2KA MaharajKOA Powell, JO Holder, J Da SilvaRSAWinGros Islet2021
       
1DNT ZoysaTR Gripper, MW Goodwin, NC JohnsonSrlZimHarare1999-00
2HMRKB HerathAC Voges, PM Nevill, MA StarcSrlAusGalle2016
1WW HallMushtaq Mohammad, Fazal Mahmood, Nasim-ul-GhaniWinPakLahore1958-59
2LR GibbsKD Mackay, ATW Grout, FM MissonWinAusAdelaide1960-61
3CA WalshAIC Dodemaide, MRJ Veletta, GM WoodWinAusBrisbane1988-89
4JJC LawsonB Lee, SCG MacGill, JL LangerWinAusBridgetown2002-03
       
1AM BlignautHannan Sarkar, Moh Ashrafdul, Mushfiqur RahmanZimBanHarare2003-04

The following table lists the bowlers who have performed the hat trick opposition wise. Australia has been the opposition on most occasions – nine occasions.

NoBowlerVictimsTeamOppGroundSeason
1W BatesPS McDonnell, G Giffen, GJ BonnorEngAusMelbourne1882-83
2J BriggsWF Giffen, ST Callaway, JM BlackhamEngAusSydney1891-92
3JT HearneC Hill, SE Gregory, MA NobleEngAusLeeds1899
4LR GibbsKD Mackay, ATW Grout, FM MissonWinAusAdelaide1960-61
5CA WalshAIC Dodemaide, MRJ Veletta, GM WoodWinAusBrisbane1988-89
6D GoughIA Healy, SCG MacGill, CR MillerEngAusSydney1998-99
7HarbhajanRT Ponting, AC Gilchrist, SK WarneIndAusKolkata2000-01
8JJC LawsonB Lee, SCG MacGill, JL LangerWinAusBridgetown2002-03
9HMRKB HerathAC Voges, PM Nevill, MA StarcSrlAusGalle2016
       
1AM BlignautHannan Sarkar, Moh Ashrafdul, Mushfiqur RahmanZimBanHarare2003-04
2JEC FranklinMI Rana, Mohammad Rafique, Tapash BaisyaNZlBanDhaka2004-05
3Naseem ShahNajmul Hossain Shanto, Taijul Islam, MahmudullahPakBanRawalpindi2020
       
1FR SpofforthVPFA Royle, FA Mackinnon, T.EmmettAusEngMelbourne1878-79
2H TrumbleAO Jones, JR Gunn, SF BarnesAusEngMelbourne1901-02
3H TrumbleBJT Bosanquet, PF Warner, AFA LilleyAusEngMelbourne1903-04
4GM GriffinMJK Smith, PM Walker, FS TruemanRSAEngLord’s1960
5SK WarnePAJ DeFreitas, D Gough, DE MalcolmAusEngMelbourne1994-95
6PM SiddleAN Cook, MJ Prior, SCJ BroadAusEngBrisbane2010-11
       
1SCJ BroadMS Dhoni, Harbhajan Singh, P KumarEngIndNottingham2011
       
1MJC AllomTC Lowry, KC James, FT BadcockEngNZlChristchurch1929-30
2RJ SidebottomSP Fleming, MS Sinclair, JDP OramEngNZlHamilton2007-08
3Sohag GaziCorey J Anderson, BJ Watling, DAJ BracewellBanNZlChittagong2013-14
4Gus AtkinsonNathan Smith, Matt Henry, Tim SoutheeEngNZlWellington2024-25
       
1WW HallMushtaq Mohammad, Fazal Mahmood, Nasim-ul-GhaniWinPakLahore1958-59
2PJ PetherickJaved Miandad, Wasim Raja, Intikhab AlamNZlPakLahore1976-77
3DW FlemingAamer Malik, Inzamam-ul-Haq, Saleem MalikAusPakRawalpindi1994-95
4Alok KapaliShabbir Ahmed, Danish Kaneria, Umar GulBanPakPeshawar2003
5IK PathanSalman Butt, Younis Khan, Mohammad YousufIndPakKarachi2005-06
       
1GA LohmannFJ Cook, J Middleton, JT WinlloughbyEngRSAP Elizabeth1895-96
2TJ Matthews1st Inns: R Beaumont, SJ Pegler, TA WardAusRSAManchester1912
3TJ Matthews2nd Inns: HW Taylor, RO Schwartz, TA WardAusRSAManchester1912
4TWJ GoddardAD Nourse, N Gordon, WW WadeEngRSAJohannesburg1938-39
5LF KlineERH Fuller, HJ Tayfield, NAT AdcockAusRSACape Town1957-58
6MM AliD Elgar, K Rabada, M MorkelEngRSAThe Oval2017
       
1Wasim AkramRS Kaluwitharana,Bandaratilleke, GP WinckramasinghePakSrlLahore1998-99
2Wasim AkramDA Gunawardene, WPUJC Vaas, M JayawardenePakSrlDhaka1998-99
3Abdul RazzaqRS Kaluwitharana, HMRKB Herath, KR PushpakumaraPakSrlGalle1999-00
4Mohd SamiTCB Fernando, DNT Zoysa, M MuralitharanPakSrlLahore2001-02
5SCJ BroadKC Sangakkara, LD Chandimal, RMS ErangaEngSrlLeeds2014
       
1PJ LoaderJDC Goddard, S Ramadhin, R GilchristEngWinLeeds1957
2MG HughesCEL Ambrose, BP Patterson, CG GreenidgeAusWinPerth1988-89
3DG CorkRB Richardson, JR Murray, CL HooperEngWinManchester1995
4GD McGrathSrl Campbell, BC Lara, JC AdamsAusWinPerth2000-01
5MJ HoggardRR Sarwan, S Chanderpaul, RO HindsEngWinBarbados2003-04
6JJ BumrahDM Bravo, SSJ Brooks, RL ChaseIndWinKingston2019
7KA MaharajKOA Powell, JO Holder, J Da SilvaRSAWinGros Islet2021
8Noman AliJustin Greaves, Tevin Imlach, Kevin SinclairPakWinMultan2025
       
1DNT ZoysaTR Gripper, MW Goodwin, NC JohnsonSrlZimHarare1999-00

H Trumble, SCJ Braod , TJ Matthews and Wasim Akram are the four bowlers to perform the feat on two occasions. TJ Matthews is the only bowler in the annals of test cricket to perform the hat trick in both innings of a test

NoBowlerVictimsTeamOppGroundSeason
1H TrumbleAO Jones, JR Gunn, SF BarnesAusEngMelbourne1901-02
2H TrumbleBJT Bosanquet, PF Warner, AFA LilleyAusEngMelbourne1903-04
       
1SCJ BroadMS Dhoni, Harbhajan Singh, P KumarEngIndNottingham2011
2SCJ BroadKC Sangakkara, LD Chandimal, RMS ErangaEngSrlLeeds2014
       
1TJ Matthews1st Inns: R Beaumont, SJ Pegler, TA WardAusRSAManchester1912
2TJ Matthews2nd Inns: HW Taylor, RO Schwartz, TA WardAusRSAManchester1912
       
1Wasim AkramRS Kaluwitharana,Bandaratilleke, GP WinckramasinghePakSrlLahore1998-99
2Wasim AkramDA Gunawardene, WPUJC Vaas, M JayawardenePakSrlDhaka1998-99

H Trumble, TJ Matthews and Wasim Akram are the three bowlers to perform the feat on two occasions.against the same opposition  

NoBowlerVictimsTeamOppGroundSeason
1H TrumbleAO Jones, JR Gunn, SF BarnesAusEngMelbourne1901-02
2H TrumbleBJT Bosanquet, PF Warner, AFA LilleyAusEngMelbourne1903-04
       
1TJ Matthews1st Inns: R Beaumont, SJ Pegler, TA WardAusRSAManchester1912
2TJ Matthews2nd Inns: HW Taylor, RO Schwartz, TA WardAusRSAManchester1912
       
1Wasim AkramRS Kaluwitharana,Bandaratilleke, GP WinckramasinghePakSrlLahore1998-99
2Wasim AkramDA Gunawardene, WPUJC Vaas, M JayawardenePakSrlDhaka1998-99

H Trumble and TJ Matthews are the two bowlers to perform the feat on two occasions against the same opposition on the same ground

NoBowlerVictimsTeamOppGroundSeason
1H TrumbleAO Jones, JR Gunn, SF BarnesAusEngMelbourne1901-02
2H TrumbleBJT Bosanquet, PF Warner, AFA LilleyAusEngMelbourne1903-04
       
1TJ Matthews1st Inns: R Beaumont, SJ Pegler, TA WardAusRSAManchester1912
2TJ Matthews2nd Inns: HW Taylor, RO Schwartz, TA WardAusRSAManchester1912

The following notes are of importance while analysing the hat tricks in the annals of test cricket.  Allom, Petherick and Fleming did the hat-trick on debut. Fleming did not play the next test due to injury. 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.

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