Most Test Hat-tricks by Teams

It is a pretty rare phenomenon to see a bowler take a hat-trick in cricket. Dismissing batters on three consecutive deliveries is a difficult task for any bowler.

But a few bowlers were lucky to achieve this feat in the longer format, often turning the matches on their heads. This sudden fall of wickets also helped their teams gain a slight advantage over their opponents.

Here we’ll see which teams have taken the most hat-tricks in Test cricket.

Most Test Hat-Tricks by Teams

Find the same record for ODIs and T20Is here.

Key Insights

10: England have racked up the most hat-tricks in Test cricket, with 14 bowlers recording this rare feat 15 times. Australia are the other team to have more than 10 Test hat-tricks.

1: Australia’s Frederick Spofforth registered the first-ever hat-trick in cricket. The former pacer dismissed England’s three batters on consecutive balls in the 1879 Melbourne Test.

2: Hugh Trumble, Thomas Matthews (both Australia), Wasim Akram (Pakistan), and Stuart Broad (England) are the only four bowlers to take two hat-tricks in Test cricket.

Among them, Broad and Akram are part of the highest wicket-takers in international cricket across formats.

Interestingly, Matthews both hat-tricks came in the same match against South Africa in 1912, while Akram’s hat-tricks came in consecutive Tests against Sri Lanka in 1999.

Trumble is the other bowler to grab both hat-tricks against the same opposition, England, almost two years apart in 1902 and 1904 at the MCG. 

3: England’s Maurice Allom, New Zealand’s Peter Petherick, and Australia’s Damien Fleming are the only three bowlers to take hat-tricks on their Test debuts.

2: Two bowlers from the West Indies and one from Australia share a record of completing their hat-tricks across two innings of a Test against each other’s teams.

• Read about it here: A Hat Trick in 3 Overs, 2 Innings, and 2 Days

The West Indies’ Courtney Walsh and Australia’s Merv Hughes took hat-tricks in such a way in Brisbane and Perth Tests, respectively, during the 1988/89 series between both teams. Jermaine Lawson emulated the feat in the 2003 Bridgetown while playing for the Windies against Australia.

0: No bowlers from Afghanistan and Ireland have not picked up any hat-tricks in Test cricket thus far. Bowlers from other 10 Test nations have taken at least one hat-trick.

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