Hat-tricks in Test Match

A hat-trick is when a bowler takes wickets with three consecutive deliveries. On 2 January 1879, in only the third Test match to take place at MCG, Australian bowler Fred Spofforth took first hat-trick in a Test cricket, removed Vernon Royle, Francis MacKinnon and Tom Emmett.

Australian Merv Hughes is the only bowler to take a hat-rick where the wickets fell over three overs. He took a wicket with the final ball of an over. With the first ball of the next over he took the final wicket of the West Indies first innings. He then removed the opener Gordon Greenidge with the first ball of the West Indies second innings.

Australian leg spinner Jimmy Matthews only bowler took a hat-trick in both innings of the same Test. Other bowlers took more than one hat-trick are -- Australian off spinner Hugh Trumble, Pakistani fast bowler Wasim Akram and English fast bowler Stuart Broad.

Following is the list of bowlers who have got hattricks in Test cricket.

Bowler	Match	Wickets	Venue	Date
Frederick Spofforth	Australia v England	The Revd Vernon Royle (b) Francis MacKinnon (b) Tom Emmett (c)	Melbourne Cricket Ground	02-Jan-79
Billy Bates	England v Australia	Percy McDonnell (b) George Giffen (c&b) George Bonnor (c)	Melbourne Cricket Ground	20-Jan-83
Johnny Briggs	England v Australia	Walter Giffen (b) Jack Blackham (lbw) Sydney Callaway (c)	Sydney Cricket Ground	02-Feb-92
George Lohmann	England v South Africa	Frederick Cook (b) Bonnor Middleton (b) Joseph Willoughby (c)	St George's Park	14-Feb-96
Jack Hearne	England v Australia	Clem Hill (b) Syd Gregory (c) Monty Noble (c)	Headingley	30-Jun-99
Hugh Trumble	Australia v England	John Gunn (c) Arthur Jones (c) Sydney Barnes (c&b)	Melbourne Cricket Ground	04-Jan-02
Hugh Trumble	Australia v England	Bernard Bosanquet (c) Sir Pelham Warner (lbw) Dick Lilley (lbw)	Melbourne Cricket Ground	08-Mar-04
Jimmy Matthews	Australia v South Africa	Rolland Beaumont (b) Sid Pegler (lbw) Tommy Ward (lbw)	Old Trafford	28-May-12
Jimmy Matthews	Australia v South Africa	Herbie Taylor (b) Reggie Schwarz (c) Tommy Ward (c)	Old Trafford	28-May-12
Maurice Allom	England v New Zealand	Tom Lowry (lbw) Ken James (c) Ted Badcock (b)	AMI Stadium	10-Jan-30
Tom Goddard	England v South Africa	Dudley Nourse (c&b) Norman Gordon (st) Billy Wade (b)	Old Wanderers	26-Dec-38
Peter Loader	England v West Indies	John Goddard (b) Sonny Ramadhin (c) Roy Gilchrist (b)	Headingley	25-Jul-57
Lindsay Kline	Australia v South Africa	Eddie Fuller (c) Hugh Tayfield (lbw) Neil Adcock (c)	Newlands	03-Jan-58
Wes Hall	West Indies v Pakistan	Mushtaq Mohammad (lbw) Fazal Mahmood (c) Nasim-ul-Ghani (b)	Bagh-e-Jinnah	29-Mar-59
Geoff Griffin	South Africa v England	Mike K Smith (c) Peter Walker (b) Fred Trueman (b)	Lord's	24-Jun-60
Lance Gibbs	West Indies v Australia	Ken Mackay (lbw) Wally Grout (c) Frank Misson (b)	Adelaide Oval	30-Jan-61
Peter Petherick	New Zealand v Pakistan	Javed Miandad (c) Wasim Raja (c&b) Intikhab Alam (c)	Gaddafi Stadium	09-Oct-76
Courtney Walsh	West Indies v Australia	Tony Dodemaide (c) Mike Veletta (c) Graeme Wood (lbw)	Brisbane Cricket Ground	20-Nov-88
Merv Hughes	Australia v West Indies	Curtly Ambrose (c) Patrick Patterson (c) Gordon Greenidge (lbw)	W.A.C.A. Ground	04-Dec-88
Damien Fleming	Australia v Pakistan	Aamer Malik (c) Inzamam-ul-Haq (lbw) Saleem Malik (c)	Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium	09-Oct-94
Shane Warne	Australia v England	Phil DeFreitas (lbw) Darren Gough (c) Devon Malcolm (c)	Melbourne Cricket Ground	29-Dec-94
Dominic Cork	England v West Indies	Richie Richardson (b) Junior Murray (lbw) Carl Hooper (lbw)	Old Trafford	30-Jul-95
Darren Gough	England v Australia	Ian Healy (c) Stuart MacGill (b) Colin Miller (b)	Sydney Cricket Ground	02-Jan-99
Wasim Akram	Pakistan v Sri Lanka	Romesh Kaluwitharana (c) Niroshan Bandaratilleke (b) Pramodya Wickramasinghe (b)	Gaddafi Stadium	06-Mar-99
Wasim Akram	Pakistan v Sri Lanka	Avishka Gunawardene (c) Chaminda Vaas (b) Mahela Jayawardene (c)	Bangabandhu National Stadium	14-Mar-99
Nuwan Zoysa	Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe	Trevor Gripper (lbw) Murray Goodwin (c) Neil Johnson (lbw)	Harare Sports Club	26-Nov-99
Abdul Razzaq	Pakistan v Sri Lanka	Romesh Kaluwitharana (c) Rangana Herath (lbw) Ravindra Pushpakumara (lbw)	Galle International Stadium	21-Jun-00
Glenn McGrath	Australia v West Indies	Sherwin Campbell (c) Brian Lara (c) Jimmy Adams (c)	W.A.C.A. Ground	01-Dec-00
Harbhajan Singh	India v Australia	Ricky Ponting (lbw) Adam Gilchrist (lbw) Shane Warne (c)	Eden Gardens	11-Mar-01
Mohammad Sami	Pakistan v Sri Lanka	Charitha Buddhika (lbw) Nuwan Zoysa (lbw) Muttiah Muralitharan (b)	Gaddafi Stadium	08-Mar-02
Jermaine Lawson	West Indies v Australia	Brett Lee (b) Stuart MacGill (b) Justin Langer (lbw)	Kensington Oval	05-May-03
Alok Kapali	Bangladesh v Pakistan	Shabbir Ahmed (c) Danish Kaneria (lbw) Umar Gul (lbw)	Arbab Niaz Stadium	29-Aug-03
Andy Blignaut	Zimbabwe v Bangladesh	Hannan Sarkar (lbw) Mohammad Ashraful (c) Mushfiqur Rahman (c)	Harare Sports Club	22-Feb-04
Matthew Hoggard	England v West Indies	Ramnaresh Sarwan (c) Shivnarine Chanderpaul (lbw) Ryan Hinds (c)	Kensington Oval	03-Apr-04
James Franklin	New Zealand v Bangladesh	Manjural Islam Rana (c) Mohammad Rafique (c) Tapash Baisya (b)	Bangabandhu National Stadium	20-Oct-04
Irfan Pathan	India v Pakistan	Salman Butt (c) Younis Khan (lbw) Mohammad Yousuf (b)	National Stadium	29-Jan-06
Ryan Sidebottom	England v New Zealand	Stephen Fleming (c) Mathew Sinclair (c) Jacob Oram (lbw)	Seddon Park	08-Mar-08
Peter Siddle	Australia v England	Alastair Cook (c) Matt Prior (b) Stuart Broad (lbw)	Brisbane Cricket Ground	25-Nov-10
Stuart Broad	England v India	MS Dhoni (c) Harbhajan Singh (lbw) Praveen Kumar (b)	Trent Bridge	30-Jul-11
Sohag Gazi	Bangladesh v New Zealand	Corey Anderson (lbw) BJ Watling (c) Doug Bracewell (c)	Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium	13-Oct-13
Stuart Broad	England v Sri Lanka	Kumar Sangakkara (c) Dinesh Chandimal (c) Shaminda Eranga (c)	Headingley	20-Jun-14
Rangana Herath	Sri Lanka v Australia	Adam Voges (c) Peter Nevill (lbw) Mitchell Starc (lbw)	Galle International Stadium	05-Aug-16
Moeen Ali	England v South Africa	Dean Elgar (c) Kagiso Rabada (c) Morne Morkel (lbw)	Kennington Oval	31-Jul-17
Jasprit Bumrah	India v West Indies	Darren Bravo (c) Shamarh Brooks (lbw) Roston Chase (lbw)	Sabina Park	31-Aug-19
Naseem Shah	Pakistan v Bangladesh	Najmul Hossain Shanto (lbw) Taijul Islam (lbw) Mahmudullah (c)	Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium	09-Feb-20
Keshav Maharaj	South Africa v West Indies	Kieran Powell (c) Jason Holder (c) Joshua Da Silva (c)	Darren Sammy National Cricket Stadium	21-Jun-21
Gus Atkinson	England v New Zealand	Nathan Smith (b) Matt Henry (c) Tim Southee (b)	Basin Reserve	07-Dec-24
Noman Ali	Pakistan v West Indies	Justin Greaves (c) Tevin Imlach (lbw) Kevin Sinclair (c)	Multan Cricket Stadium	25-Jan-25

Hat-tricks by Team

S#	Country	Number of hat-tricks
1	England	15
2	Australia	11
3	Pakistan	6
4	West Indies	4
5	India	3
6	South Africa	2
7	New Zealand	2
8	Sri Lanka	2
9	Bangladesh	2
10	Zimbabwe	1

Hat-tricks Against The Team

S#	Country	Number of hat-tricks
1	Australia	9
2	West Indies	8
3	England	6
4	South Africa	6
5	Pakistan	5
6	Sri Lanka	5
7	New Zealand	4
8	Bangladesh	3
9	Zimbabwe	1
10	India	1

Stats:

• Maurice Allom, Peter Petherick and Damien Fleming did the hat-trick on debut.
• The second Hugh Trumble and the Geoff Griffin hat-tricks were in the final Test of these players.
• The Courtney Walsh, Merv Hughes and Jermaine Lawson hat-tricks involved two innings.
• Jimmy Matthews from Australia did the hat-trick in each innings.
• Peter Petherick has the most expensive innings analysis of somebody doing the hat trick (3 for 103).
• Nuwan Zoysa's hat-trick was from the first three balls he delivered in the Test
• Irfan Pathan took his hat-trick in the first over of the Test.

See also:
• List of One-day Internationas (ODIs) hat-tricks
• List of Twenty20 Internationals (T20I) hat-tricks