Malinga Becomes First to Take Three ODI Hat-tricks

Colombo: Sri Lanka paceman Lasith Malinga became the first bowler to chalk up three one-day international hat-tricks on Monday.

He dismissed Mitchell Johnson (bowled for one), John Hastings (lbw) and Xavier Doherty (bowled) as Australia collapsed from 210 for five to 211 all out in the fifth and final match of the series.

Malinga performed his two previous hat-tricks in World Cups. In 2007 he took four wickets in four balls against South Africa in Guyana and in 2011 he grabbed three in three against Kenya at the same R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo.

Below is a list of the leading one-day international hat-trick bowlers.

3 Lasith Malinga (Sri Lanka)

• vs South Africa, Guyana, March, 2007*
• vs Kenya, Colombo March, 2011
• vs Australia, Colombo August, 2011

2 Wasim Akram (Pakistan)

• vs West Indies, Sharjah, Oct. 1989
• vs Australia, Sharjah, May 1990

2 Saqlain Mushtaq (Pakistan)

• vs Zimbabwe, Peshawar, Nov 1996
• vs Zimbabwe, The Oval, June, 1999

2 Chaminda Vaas (Sri Lanka)

• vs Zimbabwe, Colombo, Dec, 2001
• vs Bangladesh, Pietermaritzburg, Feb, 2003

* Malinga took four wickets in four balls