Many bowlers have taken a five-wicket haul in the ODI World Cup, but a few have managed to take a hat-trick in this pinnacle event.
Dismissing batters on consecutive deliveries is not easy, let alone on 3 consecutive deliveries. However, some ace bowlers have achieved this feat in a tournament like the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup.
In this article, let’s take a look at the bowlers who have grabbed a hat-trick in ODI World Cup history.
Hat-Tricks in ODI World Cup
| Player | Batters Dismissed | Against | Venue | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chetan Sharma (IND) | Ken Rutherford, Ian Smith, Ewen Chatfield | New Zealand | Nagpur | 1987 |
| Saqlain Mushtaq (PAK) | Henry Olonga, Adam Huckle, Pommie Mbangwa | Zimbabwe | The Oval | 1999 |
| Chaminda Vaas (SL) | Hannan Sarkar, Mohammad Ashraful, Ehsanul Haque | Bangladesh | Pietermaritzburg | 2003 |
| Brett Lee (AUS) | Kennedy Otieno, Brijal Patel, David Obuya | Kenya | Durban | 2003 |
| Lasith Malinga (SL) | Shaun Pollock, Andrew Hall, Jacques Kallis, Makhaya Ntini | South Africa | Guyana | 2007 |
| Kemar Roach (WI) | Pieter Seelaar, Bernard Loots, Berend Westdijk | Netherlands | Delhi | 2011 |
| Lasith Malinga (SL) | Tanmay Mishra, Peter Ongondo, Shem Ngoche | Kenya | Colombo | 2011 |
| Steven Finn (ENG) | Brad Haddin, Glenn Maxwell, Mitchell Johnson | Australia | Melbourne | 2015 |
| JP Duminy (SA) | Angelo Mathews, Nuwan Kulasekara, Tharindu Kaushal | Sri Lanka | Sydney | 2015 |
| Mohammed Shami (IND) | Mohammad Nabi, Aftab Alam, Mujeeb Ur Rahman | Afghanistan | Southampton | 2019 |
| Trent Boult (NZ) | Usman Khawaja, Mitchell Starc, Jason Behrendorff | Australia | Lord’s | 2019 |
Key Stats
1: India’s Chetan Sharma became the first bowler to take a hat-trick in the ODI World Cup. He took 3 consecutive wickets against New Zealand in Nagpur in the 4th edition of the tournament.
2: Number of bowlers from India and Sri Lanka each who have picked up a hat-trick in the 50-over tournament. Apart from Sharma, Mohammed Shami picked up 3 consecutive wickets against Afghanistan in the 2019 edition. Talking about Sri Lanka, Chaminda Vaas and Lasith Malinga claimed hat-tricks in the tournament.
2: Yorker King Lasith Malinga is the only bowler who has picked up 2 hat-tricks in ODI World Cup history. His first came in the 2007 edition, while the second one came in the 2011 edition.
4: Malinga’s first hat-trick is even more special as he not only picked up 3 wickets, but he picked up 4 wickets in a row, making it a double hat-trick. And he is the only bowler to grab 4 wickets in 4 consecutive deliveries in the ODI format. Moreover, he has achieved this feat in the T20I format as well.
