Hat-tricks in ODI world cup matches are always special. India’s Chetan Sharma got the first Hat-trick in 1987 against New Zealand. Lasith Malinga is the only bowler who has taken hat-trick in World Cups two times. His first hat-trick was against South Africa in the 2007 world cup where he had taken 4 wickets in 4 consecutive deliveries. Malinga’s second hat-trick was against Kenya in the 2011 World Cup.
What is a Hat trick?
In cricket, a hat-trick means taking wickets on three consecutive deliveries. The history of cricket is more than a hundred years old, but there are very few bowlers who have got hat-tricks in world cricket. A hat-trick becomes more special when it is one of the Cricket World Cup Hat-tricks.
The Complete list of Hat-tricks in ODI World Cup
| No | Player | Team | Against | Year | Wickets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chetan Sharma | India | New Zealand | 1987 | Ken Rutherford, Ian Smith, Ewen Chatfield |
| 2 | Saqlain Mushtaq | Pakistan | Zimbabwe | 1999 | Henry Olonga, Adam Huckle, Pommie Mbangwa |
| 3 | Brett Lee | Australia | Kenya | 2003 | Kennedy Otieno, Brijal Patel, David Obuya |
| 4 | Chaminda Vaas | Sri Lanka | Bangladesh | 2003 | Hannan Sarkar, Mohammad Ashraful, Ehsanul Haque |
| 5 | Lasith Malinga | Sri Lanka | South Africa | 2007 | Shaun Pollock, Andrew Hall, Jacques Kallis, Makhaya Ntini |
| 6 | Lasith Malinga | Sri Lanka | Kenya | 2011 | Tanmay Mishra, Peter Ongondo, Shem Ngoche |
| 7 | Kemar Roach | West Indies | Netherlands | 2011 | Pieter Seelaar, Bernard Loots, Berend Westdijk |
| 8 | JP Duminy | South Africa | Sri Lanka | 2015 | Angelo Mathews, Nuwan Kulasekara, Tharindu Kaushal |
| 9 | Steven Finn | England | Australia | 2015 | Brad Haddin, Glenn Maxwell, Mitchell Johnson |
| 10 | Mohammed Shami | India | Afghanistan | 2019 | Mohammad Nabi, Aftab Alam, Mujeeb Ur Rahman |
| 11 | Trent Boult | New Zealand | Australia | 2019 | Mitchell Starc,Jason Behrendorff, Nathan Lyon |
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Chetan Sharma – The First Ever World Cup hat-trick
Chetan Sharma is the first bowler who has taken a hat-trick in a world cup match. He is the only bowler whose all three wickets were clean bowled in a match against New Zealand in the world cup in 1987.
Lasith Malinga’s four-ball 4-wicket hat-trick
The rarest of rare incidents in world cricket where Sri Lankan cricketer Lasith Malinga took 4 wickets in 4 consecutive delete deliveries. South Africa required 3 runs to win and they had 5 wickets in hand. A comfortable win was there But the curly-haired last Malinga had something else on his mind on that day. In the next 4 balls, he had taken 4 wickets and now the equation was South Africa 9 down and they still needed 3 runs to win. Somehow South Africa managed to win this match. But Malinga had engraved his name in world cricket history with this 4-ball 4-wicket hat-trick.
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Mohammed Shami hat-trick in World Cup 2019 against Afghanistan
Mohammed Shami is the second Indian bowler to take a hat-trick in a world cup match. He got the hat-trick in the 2019 cricket world cup against Afghanistan and won the match for India.
FAQs on Hat-tricks in ODI World Cup
India’s Chetan Sharma got the first Hat-trick in 1987
Lasith Malinga. He has 2 hat-tricks, which is the highest.
Two Hat-tricks. Mohammed Shami against Afghanistan and Trent Boult against Australia.
Two Hat-tricks. JP Duminy against Sri Lanka and Steven Finn against Australia
Lasith Malinga has taken 4 wickets in 4 balls against South Africa in the 2007 World cup.
Chetan Sharma (in 1987) and Mohammed Shami (in 2019)
