Test cricket hat-tricks

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Australian Fred Spofforth dismissed three English batsmen with consecutive deliveries at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Australia on 2 January 1879 to take the first hat-trick in Test cricket in only the third Test match.
Australian Fred Spofforth dismissed three English batsmen with consecutive deliveries at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Australia on 2 January 1879 to take the first hat-trick in Test cricket in only the third Test match.

This is a list of all hat-tricks in Test cricket; that is, the occasions when a bowler has taken three wickets in consecutive deliveries in Test cricket matches. As of 29 January 2006, a hat-trick has been taken 36 times since the first Test match in 1877, most recently by Indian fast bowler Irfan Pathan on 29 January 2006 in the 1783rd Test. On average, a hat-trick occurs roughly every 50 Tests. At least one bowler from each of the ten nations that play Test cricket has taken a Test hat-trick.

In the five-match series between a Rest of the World XI against England in 1970, a hat-trick was taken by South African Eddie Barlow in the fourth match, at Headingley (the last three of four wickets in five balls).[1] These matches were considered to be Tests at the time, but that status was later removed.

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[edit] Notable Test hat-tricks

  • A player has taken two hat-tricks in the same Test match only once. Playing for Australia against South Africa in the first match of the 1912 Triangular Tournament at Old Trafford, Manchester, England, leg spinner Jimmy Matthews took a hat-trick in South Africa's first and second innings (No. 8 and 9 in the list below), both taken on 28 May 1912.
  • Only two other cricketers have taken a Test hat-trick more than once: Australian off spinner Hugh Trumble (No. 6 and 7 in the list below, two years apart, between the same teams at the same ground) and Pakistani fast bowler Wasim Akram (No. 24 and 25 in the list below, just over a week apart, in consecutive matches between the same teams). Wasim Akram is also the only player to have taken a hat-trick while Test captain.
  • Only two cricketers have taken a Test hat-trick and a One-Day International hat-trick: both Pakistani bowlers, Mohammed Sami and Wasim Akram; however, Wasim Akram has the unique distinction of taking two Test hat-tricks and two ODI hat-tricks, making four international hat-tricks in all.
  • Three players have taken a hat-trick on their Test debut, English medium pace bowler Maurice Allom in 1930 (No. 10), New Zealand off-spinner Peter Petherick in 1976 (No. 17), and Australian medium pace bowler Damien Fleming in 1994 (No. 20).
  • No player has taken four wickets in four balls, but Allom's hat-trick was the last three of four wickets in five balls of his eighth over in Test cricket (the second ball being a dot ball). Two other Test players have taken four wickets in five balls: Chris Old, playing for England against Pakistan at Edgbaston in 1978 (the third ball of the series was a no ball), and Wasim Akram, playing for Pakistan against West Indies at Lahore in 1990-91 (the third ball of the series was a dot ball).
  • The youngest player to take a hat-trick is Bangladeshi leg spinner Alok Kapali (No. 32), when aged 19 years 240 days. The oldest player is English off spinner Tom Goddard (No.11), aged 38 years and 87 days.
  • Irfan Pathan (No. 36) is the only bowler to have taken a hat-trick in the first over of a Test match.
  • Merv Hughes (No. 19) is the only bowler to have taken a Test hat-trick with each ball in a different over.

[edit] List of Test hat-tricks

No. Bowler For Against Inn. Test Dismissals At Date
1.[1] Fred Spofforth Flag of Australia AUS Flag of England ENG 1st Only

• Vernon Royle (b)
• Francis MacKinnon (b)
• Tom Emmett (c Tom Horan)

MCG, Melbourne 2 January 1879
2.[2] Billy Bates Flag of England ENG Flag of Australia AUS 1st 2nd

• Percy McDonnell (b)
• George Giffen (c and b)
• George Bonnor (c Walter Read)

MCG, Melbourne 20 January 1883
3. Johnny Briggs Flag of England ENG Flag of Australia AUS 2nd 2nd

• Walter Giffen (b)
• Jack Blackham (lbw)
• Sydney Callaway (c W. G. Grace)

SCG, Sydney 2 February 1892
4.[3][4] George Lohmann Flag of England ENG Flag of South Africa SAF 2nd 1st

• Frederick Cook (b)
• Bonnor Middleton (b)
• Joseph Willoughby (c Tom Hayward)

St. George's Park, Port Elizabeth 14 February 1896
5. Jack Hearne Flag of England ENG Flag of Australia AUS 2nd 3rd

• Clem Hill (b)
• Syd Gregory (c Archie MacLaren)
• Monty Noble (c Ranjitsinhji)

Headingley, Leeds 30 June 1899
6.[4] Hugh Trumble Flag of Australia AUS Flag of England ENG 2nd 2nd

• John Gunn (c Sammy Jones)
• Arthur Jones (c Joe Darling)
• Sydney Barnes (c and b)

MCG, Melbourne 4 January 1902
7.[5] Hugh Trumble Flag of Australia AUS Flag of England ENG 2nd 5th

• Bernard Bosanquet (c Algy Gehrs)
• Plum Warner (c and b)
• Dick Lilley (lbw)

MCG, Melbourne 8 March 1904
8.[6] Jimmy Matthews Flag of Australia AUS Flag of South Africa SAF 1st 1st

• Rolland Beaumont (b)
• Sid Pegler (lbw)
• Tommy Ward (lbw)

Old Trafford, Manchester 28 May 1912
9.[6] Jimmy Matthews Flag of Australia AUS Flag of South Africa SAF 2nd 1st

• Herbie Taylor (b)
• Reggie Schwarz (c and b)
• Tommy Ward (c and b)

Old Trafford, Manchester 28 May 1912
10.[7] Maurice Allom Flag of England ENG Flag of New Zealand NZ 1st 1st

• Tom Lowry (lbw)
• Ken James (c Tich Cornford)
• Ted Badcock (b)

Lancaster Park, Christchurch 10 January 1930
11. Tom Goddard Flag of England ENG Flag of South Africa SAF 1st 1st

• Dudley Nourse (c and b)
• Norman Gordon (st  Leslie Ames)
• Billy Wade (b)

Old Wanderers, Johannesburg 26 December 1938
12. Peter Loader Flag of England ENG  WI 1st 4th

• John Goddard (b)
• Sonny Ramadhin (c Fred Trueman)
• Roy Gilchrist (b)

Headingley, Leeds 25 July 1957
13.[4][8] Lindsay Kline Flag of Australia AUS Flag of South Africa SAF 2nd 2nd

• Eddie Fuller (c Richie Benaud)
• Hugh Tayfield (lbw)
• Neil Adcock (c Bob Simpson)

Newlands, Cape Town 3 January 1958
14. Wes Hall  WI Flag of Pakistan PAK 1st 3rd

• Mushtaq Mohammed (lbw)
• Fazal Mahmood (c Garfield Sobers)
• Nasim-ul-Ghani (b)

Bagh-e-Jinnah, Lahore 29 March 1959
15.[9] Geoffrey Griffin Flag of South Africa SAF Flag of England ENG 1st 2nd

• M. J. K. Smith (c John Waite)
• Peter Walker (b)
• Fred Trueman (b)

Lord’s, London 24 June 1960
16. Lance Gibbs  WI Flag of Australia AUS 1st 4th

• Ken Mackay (lbw)
• Wally Grout (c Garfield Sobers)
• Frank Misson (b)

Adelaide Oval, Adelaide 30 January 1961
17.[7] Peter Petherick Flag of New Zealand NZ Flag of Pakistan PAK 1st 1st

• Javed Miandad (c Richard Hadlee)
• Wasim Raja (c and b)
• Intikhab Alam (c Geoff Howarth)

Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore 9 October 1976
18.[10] Courtney Walsh  WI Flag of Australia AUS 1st & 2nd 1st

• Tony Dodemaide (c Viv Richards)
• Mike Veletta (c Carl Hooper)
• Graeme Wood (lbw)

Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane 18 November, 20 November 1988
19.[11] Merv Hughes Flag of Australia AUS  WI 1st & 2nd 2nd

• Curtly Ambrose (c Ian Healy)
• Patrick Patterson (c Tony Dodemaide)
• Gordon Greenidge (lbw)

WACA, Perth 3 December, 4 December 1988
20.[7] Damien Fleming Flag of Australia AUS Flag of Pakistan PAK 2nd 2nd

• Aamer Malik (c Michael Bevan)
• Inzamam-ul-Haq (lbw)
• Saleem Malik (c Ian Healy)

Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi 9 October 1994
21. Shane Warne Flag of Australia AUS Flag of England ENG 2nd 2nd

• Phil DeFreitas (lbw)
• Darren Gough (c Ian Healy)
• Devon Malcolm (c David Boon)

MCG, Melbourne 29 December 1994
22. Dominic Cork Flag of England ENG  WI 2nd 4th

• Richie Richardson (b)
• Junior Murray (lbw)
• Carl Hooper (lbw)

Old Trafford, Manchester 30 July 1995
23. Darren Gough Flag of England ENG Flag of Australia AUS 1st 5th

• Ian Healy (c Warren Hegg)
• Stuart MacGill (b)
• Colin Miller (b)

SCG, Sydney 2 January 1999
24.[12][13] Wasim Akram Flag of Pakistan PAK Flag of Sri Lanka SL 1st 3rd

• Romesh Kaluwitharana (c Moin Khan)
• Niroshan Bandaratilleke (b)
• Pramodya Wickramasinghe (b)

Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore 6 March 1999
25.[12][14] Wasim Akram Flag of Pakistan PAK Flag of Sri Lanka SL 2nd Final

• Avishka Gunawardene (c Shahid Afridi)
• Chaminda Vaas (b)
• Mahela Jayawardene (c Wajahatullah Wasti)

Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka 14 March 1999
26.[15] Nuwan Zoysa Flag of Sri Lanka SL Flag of Zimbabwe ZIM 1st 2nd

• Trevor Gripper (lbw)
• Murray Goodwin (c Romesh Kaluwitharana)
• Neil Johnson (lbw)

Harare Sports Club, Harare 26 November 1999
27. Abdul Razzaq Flag of Pakistan PAK Flag of Sri Lanka SL 1st 2nd

• Romesh Kaluwitharana (c Moin Khan)
• H. M. R. K. B. Herath (lbw)
• Ravi Pushpakumara (lbw)

Galle International Stadium, Galle 21 June 2000
28. Glenn McGrath Flag of Australia AUS  WI 1st 2nd

• Sherwin Campbell (c Ricky Ponting)
• Brian Lara (c Stuart MacGill)
• Jimmy Adams (c Justin Langer)

WACA, Perth 1 December 2000
29. Harbhajan Singh Flag of India IND Flag of Australia AUS 1st 2nd

• Ricky Ponting (lbw)
• Adam Gilchrist (lbw)
• Shane Warne (c Sadagoppan Ramesh)

Eden Gardens, Calcutta 11 March 2001
30.[16] Mohammad Sami Flag of Pakistan PAK Flag of Sri Lanka SL 1st Final

• Charitha Buddhika (lbw)
• Nuwan Zoysa (lbw)
• Muttiah Muralitharan (b)

Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore 8 March 2002
31.[17] Jermaine Lawson  WI Flag of Australia AUS 1st & 2nd 3rd

• Brett Lee (b)
• Stuart MacGill (b)
• Justin Langer (lbw)

Kensington Oval, Bridgetown 2 May, 5 May 2003
32. Alok Kapali Flag of Bangladesh BAN Flag of Pakistan PAK 1st 2nd

• Shabbir Ahmed (c Mashrafe Mortaza)
• Danish Kaneria (lbw)
• Umar Gul (lbw)

Arbab Niaz Stadium, Peshawar 29 August 2003
33. Andy Blignaut Flag of Zimbabwe ZIM Flag of Bangladesh BAN 2nd 1st

• Hannan Sarkar (lbw)
• Mohammad Ashraful (c sub (Travis Friend))
• Mushfiqur Rahman (c Tatenda Taibu)

Harare Sports Club, Harare 22 February 2004
34. Matthew Hoggard Flag of England ENG  WI 2nd 3rd

• Ramnaresh Sarwan (c Ashley Giles)
• Shivnarine Chanderpaul (lbw)
• Ryan Hinds (c Andrew Flintoff)

Kensington Oval, Barbados 3 April 2004
35. James Franklin Flag of New Zealand NZ Flag of Bangladesh BAN 1st 1st

• Manjural Islam Rana (c Brendon McCullum)
• Mohammad Rafique (c Scott Styris)
• Tapash Baisya (b)

Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka 20 October 2004
36.[18] Irfan Pathan Flag of India IND Flag of Pakistan PAK 1st 3rd

• Salman Butt (c Rahul Dravid)
• Younis Khan (lbw)
• Mohammad Yousuf  (b)

National Stadium, Karachi 29 January 2006

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Spofforth took 6 wickets for 48 runs in the first innings, and 7 wickets for 62 runs in the second innings. Australia won by 10 wickets.
  2. ^ Bates took seven wickets in each innings, and also scored 55 runs, the second highest on either side in the match. England won by an innings and 27 runs, the first innings victory in Tests.
  3. ^ On a matting wicket in South Africa, Lohmann took 7 wickets for 38 runs in the first innings, and 8 wickets for 7 runs in the second innings. The hat-trick ended the second innings, with South Africa bowled out for 30 runs having faced 112 balls. Lohmann scored a pair while batting. In a three-match series, Lohmann took 35 wickets at a bowling average of 5.80.
  4. ^ a b c Last three wickets to win the match.
  5. ^ Trumble took a hat-trick in the second innings although he hadn't bowled in the first innings.
  6. ^ a b Same match.
  7. ^ a b c On debut.
  8. ^ South African opening batsman Trevor Goddard carried his bat through this innings.
  9. ^ This was Griffin's second match. He was no balled 11 times for throwing, and again in the exhibition match following the early end of the Test, and never played Test cricket again.
  10. ^ First wicket in first innings; second and third wickets in second innings two days later.
  11. ^ Each ball bowled in a different over, the first and second in the first innings and the third in the second innings, over 24 hours later.
  12. ^ a b Consecutive matches between the same sides.
  13. ^ Third match of the Asian Test Championship 1998/99.
  14. ^ Final of the Asian Test Championship 1998/99.
  15. ^ First three balls of the second over of the innings.
  16. ^ Final of the Asian Test Championship 2001/02.
  17. ^ First two wickets at the end of the first innings on the second day; third wicket at the start of the second innings towards the end of the fifth day.
  18. ^ Last three balls of the first over of the match.

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