List of Twenty20 International cricket hat-tricks

A hat-trick in cricket is when a bowler takes three wickets from consecutive deliveries. It is a relatively rare event in men's Twenty20 International (T20I) cricket with only 58 occurrences as of 14 April 2024.[1]

The first Twenty20 hat-trick was taken by Brett Lee of Australia, playing against Bangladesh in Cape Town in September 2007.[1][2]

Rashid Khan, Lasith Malinga, Curtis Campher and Jason Holder are the only bowlers to take four wickets in four balls in T20Is, Khan achieving this feat against Ireland in February 2019,[3] and Malinga repeating the achievement against New Zealand in September 2019.[4] On 18 October 2021 at 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup, Campher achieved the feat against the Netherlands[5] On 30 January 2022, Holder achieved this feat against England.[6][7]

On 6 August 2021, Nathan Ellis picked up three wickets off the last three balls of Bangladesh innings to become the first male cricketer to take a hat-trick on his debut in a T20I match.[8]

Chronological list of hat-tricks edit

Key
Hat-trick taken in a World Cup match
Hat-trick taken in debut match
(b) Bowled
(c) Caught
(c & b) Caught and bowled
(lbw) Leg before wicket
(st) Stumped
Wicket-keeper
Result Result for the team for which the hat-trick was taken
List of Twenty20 International cricket hat-tricks[1]
No. Bowler For Against Wickets Venue Date Result Ref.
1 Brett Lee   Australia   Bangladesh   Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town 16 September 2007 Won [2]
2 Jacob Oram   New Zealand   Sri Lanka   R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo 2 September 2009 Won [9]
3 Tim Southee (1/2)   New Zealand   Pakistan   Eden Park, Auckland 26 December 2010 Won [10]
4 Thisara Perera   Sri Lanka   India   JSCA International Stadium Complex, Ranchi 12 February 2016 Lost [11]
5 Lasith Malinga (1/2)   Sri Lanka   Bangladesh   R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo 6 April 2017 Lost [12]
6 Faheem Ashraf   Pakistan   Sri Lanka   Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi 27 October 2017 Won [13]
7 Rashid Khan   Afghanistan   Ireland   Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Dehradun 24 February 2019 Won [3]
8 Lasith Malinga (2/2)   Sri Lanka   New Zealand   Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy 6 September 2019 Won [4]
9 Mohammad Hasnain   Pakistan   Sri Lanka   Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore 5 October 2019 Lost [14]
10 Khawar Ali   Oman   Netherlands   Oman Cricket Academy Ground, Muscat 9 October 2019 Won [15]
11 Norman Vanua   Papua New Guinea   Bermuda   ICC Academy Ground, Dubai 19 October 2019 Won [16]
12 Deepak Chahar   India   Bangladesh   Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur 10 November 2019 Won [17]
13 Ashton Agar   Australia   South Africa   Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg 21 February 2020 Won [18]
14 Akila Dananjaya   Sri Lanka   West Indies   Coolidge Cricket Ground, Antigua 3 March 2021 Lost [19]
15 Waseem Abbas (1/2)   Malta   Belgium
  • Ashiqullah Said (c [sub] Gopal Chaturvedi)
  • Khalid Ahmadi (b)
  • Nemish Mehta (b)
  Marsa Sports Club, Marsa 8 July 2021 Won [20]
16 Sheraz Sheikh   Belgium   Malta
  • Amar Sharma (c Saber Zakhil)
  • Niraj Khanna (c Nemish Mehta)
  • Varun Thamotharam (c Shaheryar Butt)
  Marsa Sports Club, Marsa 9 July 2021 Won [21]
17 Nathan Ellis   Australia   Bangladesh   Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Mirpur 6 August 2021 Lost [22]
18 Elijah Otieno   Kenya   Uganda   Entebbe Cricket Oval, Entebbe 17 September 2021 Lost [23]
19 Kofi Bagabena   Ghana   Seychelles
  • Stephen Madusanka (b)
  • Mazharul Islam (lbw)
  • Sivakumar Udhayan (lbw)
  Gahanga International Cricket Stadium, Kigali 17 October 2021 Won [24]
20 Curtis Campher   Ireland   Netherlands   Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi 18 October 2021 Won [25]
21 Dylan Blignaut   Germany   Italy   Desert Springs Cricket Ground, Almería 21 October 2021 Lost [26]
22 Dinesh Nakrani   Uganda   Seychelles
  • Paul Byron (b)
  • Vadodariya Mukesh (b)
  • Sohail Rocket (b)
  IPRC Cricket Ground, Kigali 22 October 2021 Won [27]
23 Peter Aho   Nigeria   Sierra Leone
  • Abu Kamara (lbw)
  • Miniru Kpaka (b)
  • Edmond Earnest (b)
  University of Lagos Cricket Oval, Lagos 24 October 2021 Won [28]
24 Wanindu Hasaranga   Sri Lanka   South Africa   Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah 30 October 2021 Lost [29]
25 Kagiso Rabada   South Africa   England   Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah 6 November 2021 Won [30]
26 Hernán Fennell   Argentina   Panama
  • Mahmud Jasat (c Tomas Rossi)
  • Anilkumar Natubhai Ahir (lbw)
  • Dineshbhai Ahir (b)
  Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, Antigua 10 November 2021 Won [31]
27 Jason Holder   West Indies   England   Kensington Oval, Bridgetown 30 January 2022 Won [6]
28 Karan KC     Nepal   Papua New Guinea   Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur 31 March 2022 Won [32]
29 JJ Smit   Namibia   Uganda   United Ground, Windhoek 10 April 2022 Won [33]
30 Khalid Ahmadi   Belgium   Malta
  • Imran Ameer (b)
  • Aaftab Alam Khan (b)
  • Varun Thamotharam (b)
  Royal Brussels Cricket Club, Waterloo 12 June 2022 Won [34]
31 Syazrul Idrus   Malaysia   Thailand
  • Sorawat Desungnoen (b)
  • Jeerasak Pakhiaokajee (lbw)
  • Chaloemwong Chatphaisan (lbw)
  UKM-YSD Cricket Oval, Bangi 4 July 2022 Won [35]
32 Kamron Senamontree   Thailand   Maldives   UKM-YSD Cricket Oval, Bangi 8 July 2022 Lost [36]
33 Logan van Beek   Netherlands   Hong Kong   Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo 12 July 2022 Won [37]
34 Chamal Sadun   Cyprus   Turkey
  • Gokhan Alta (lbw)
  • Ali Turkmen (b)
  • Tunahan Ulutuna (b)
  Tikkurila Cricket Ground, Vantaa 16 July 2022 Won [38]
35 Michael Bracewell   New Zealand   Ireland   Stormont, Belfast 20 July 2022 Won [39]
36 Sudesh Wickramasekara   Czech Republic   Estonia
  • Habib Khan (b)
  • Maidul Islam (b)
  • Murali Obili (b)
  Tikkurila Cricket Ground, Vantaa 28 July 2022 Won [40]
37 Habib Khan   Estonia   France
  • Suventhiran Santhirakumaran (b)
  • Zain Ahmad (c Stuart Hook)
  • Jubaid Ahamed (b)
  Kerava National Cricket Ground, Kerava 30 July 2022 Lost [41]
38 Shahrukh Quddus   Kuwait   Bahrain   Oman Cricket Academy Ground, Muscat 17 August 2022 Won [42]
39 Karthik Meiyappan   United Arab Emirates   Sri Lanka   Kardinia Park, Geelong 18 October 2022 Lost [43]
40 Joshua Little   Ireland   New Zealand   Adelaide Oval, Adelaide 4 November 2022 Lost [44]
41 Tim Southee (2/2)   New Zealand   India   Bay Oval, Mount Maunganui 20 November 2022 Lost [45]
42 Harsheed Chohan   Tanzania   Sierra Leone
  • Abass Gbla (lbw)
  • Miniru Kpaka (c SanjayKumar Thakor)
  • Lansana Lamin (lbw)
  Gahanga International Cricket Stadium, Kigali 1 December 2022 Won [46]
43 Rizwan Butt   Bahrain   Singapore   UKM-YSD Cricket Oval, Bangi 21 December 2022 Won [47]
44 Mohammad Kamran   Spain   Isle of Man
  • Luke Ward (b)
  • Edward Beard (lbw)
  • Christian Webster (b)
  La Manga Club Ground, Cartagena 26 February 2023 Won [48]
45 Matt Henry   New Zealand   Pakistan   Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore 14 April 2023 Lost [49]
46 Saud Munir   Denmark   Norway
  • Qamar Mushtaque (c †Abdul Hashmi)
  • Junaid Mehmood (lbw)
  • Muhammad Butt (lbw)
  Svanholm Park, Brøndby 18 May 2023 Won [50]
47 Mark Pavlovic (1/2)   Serbia   Turkey
  • Mecit Ozturk (c Alister Gajic)
  • Muhammed Turkmen (c Vukasin Zimonjic)
  • Muhammet Kursat (b)
  National Sports Academy, Sofia 23 June 2023 Won [51]
48 Mark Pavlovic (2/2)   Serbia   Croatia
  • Luka Stubbs (b)
  • Hrvoje Hajnic (b)
  • Antonio Faletar (lbw)
  National Sports Academy, Sofia 24 June 2023 Won [52]
49 Waseem Abbas (2/2)   Malta   France
  • Zain Ahmad (b)
  • Shayam Warnakulasuriya (b)
  • Dawood Ahmadzai (c †Chanjal Sudarsanan)
  Marsa Sports Club, Marsa 10 July 2023 Won [53]
50 Karim Janat   Afghanistan   Bangladesh   Sylhet International Cricket Stadium, Sylhet 14 July 2023 Lost [54]
51 Kabua Morea   Papua New Guinea   Philippines
  • Jordan Alegre (lbw)
  • Josef Doctora (b)
  • Amanpreet Sirah (b)
  Amini Park, Port Moresby 23 July 2023 Won [55]
52 Nicolaj Laegsgaard   Denmark   Jersey   Goldenacre Sports Ground, Edinburgh 28 July 2023 Lost [56]
53 Kenneth Waiswa   Uganda   Rwanda   Gahanga International Cricket Stadium, Rwanda 20 August 2023 Won [57]
54 Mohameed Taiwo   Nigeria   Sierra Leone
  • Raymond Coker (c Sylvester Okpe)
  • Yegbeh Jalloh (c Akhere Isesele)
  • Miniru Kpaka (c Chiemelie Udekwe)
  Tafawa Balewa Square Cricket Oval, Lagos 8 October 2023 Won [58]
55 Sikandar Raza   Zimbabwe   Rwanda   Wanderers Cricket Ground, Windhoek 27 November 2023 Won [59]
56 George Sesay   Sierra Leone   Botswana   Willowmoore Park, Benoni 15 December 2023 Won [60]
57 Nuwan Thushara   Sri Lanka   Bangladesh   Sylhet International Cricket Stadium, Sylhet 9 March 2024 Won [61]
58 Aqib Ilyas   Oman   Cambodia   Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 2, Al Amarat 14 April 2024 Won [62]

Hat-tricks by teams edit

T20I hat-tricks by teams
Teams Hat-tricks
  Sri Lanka 6
  New Zealand 5
  Australia 3
  Afghanistan 2
  Belgium
  Denmark
  Ireland
  Malta
  Nigeria
  Oman
  Pakistan
  Papua New Guinea
  Serbia
  Uganda
  Argentina 1
  Bahrain
  Cyprus
  Czech Republic
  Estonia
  Germany
  Ghana
  India
  Kenya
  Kuwait
  Malaysia
  Namibia
    Nepal
  Netherlands
  Sierra Leone
  South Africa
  Spain
  Tanzania
  Thailand
  United Arab Emirates
  West Indies
  Zimbabwe
Total 58

Hat-tricks by full member teams edit

T20I hat-tricks by full member teams
Teams Hat-tricks
  Sri Lanka 6
  New Zealand 5
  Australia 3
  Afghanistan 2
  Ireland
  Pakistan
  India 1
  South Africa
  West Indies
  Zimbabwe
Total 17

Players with multiple T20I hat-tricks edit

Players with multiple hat-tricks
Players Hat-tricks
  Waseem Abbas 2
  Lasith Malinga
  Tim Southee
  Mark Pavlovic

See also edit

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