| Team | No of Hat-Tricks | No of Players | First Hat-trick By |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sri Lanka | 6 | 5 | Thisara Perera |
| New Zealand | 6 | 5 | Jacob Oram |
| Australia | 5 | 4 | Brett Lee |
| Nigeria | 3 | 3 | Peter Aho |
| Belgium | 3 | 2 | Sheraz Sheikh |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 2 | Rashid Khan |
| Ireland | 2 | 2 | Curtis Campher |
| Pakistan | 2 | 2 | Faheem Ashraf |
| Argentina | 2 | 1 | Hernan Fennell |
| Denmark | 2 | 2 | Saud Munir |
| Oman | 2 | 2 | Khawar Ali |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 2 | Norman Vanua |
| Malta | 2 | 1 | Waseem Abbas |
| Ghana | 2 | 2 | Kofi Bagabena |
| Uganda | 2 | 2 | Dinesh Nakrani |
| Serbia | 2 | 1 | Mark Pavlovic |
Key Stats
The number of hat-tricks taken in T20I cricket by all teams is 67. If we consider only full-member teams, then it accounts for 28.
Sri Lanka and New Zealand players have each taken 6 T20I hat-tricks, the most for any team. They are followed by Australia, which has 5 individual hat-tricks so far.
Apart from the sides mentioned here, the players from Ghana, Malta, Oman, P.N.G., Serbia, and Uganda have taken 2 T20I hat-tricks.
6 players have captured a T20I hat-trick more than once (2 times). They are Waseem Abbas of Malta, Pat Cummins of Australia (both coming in World Cups), Lasith Malinga of Sri Lanka, Mark Pavlovic of Serbia, Tim Southee of New Zealand, and Hernan Fennell of Argentina.
23 players from other teams have taken a hat-trick once each in T20I cricket.
The very first T20I hat-trick was taken by Australia’s Brett Lee in a T20 WC game against Bangladesh in 2007. The last and 67th one to do was Costa Rica’s Sham Murari in a game against the Falkland Islands in 2025.
Also read the same record for ODIs and Tests here.
