A hat-trick in cricket is when a bowler takes three wickets from consecutive deliveries . It is a relatively rare event in men's Twenty20 International (T20I) cricket with only 61 occurrences as of 23 June 2024.[ 1]
The first Twenty20 hat-trick was taken by Brett Lee of Australia , playing against Bangladesh in Cape Town in September 2007.[ 1] [ 2]
Rashid Khan , Lasith Malinga , Curtis Campher and Jason Holder are the only bowlers to take four wickets in four balls in T20Is, Khan achieving this feat against Ireland in February 2019,[ 3] and Malinga repeating the achievement against New Zealand in September 2019.[ 4] On 18 October 2021 at 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup , Campher achieved the feat against the Netherlands[ 5] On 30 January 2022, Holder achieved this feat against England .[ 6] [ 7]
On 6 August 2021, Nathan Ellis picked up three wickets off the last three balls of Bangladesh innings to become the first male cricketer to take a hat-trick on his debut in a T20I match.[ 8]
Chronological list of hat-tricks [ edit ]
Hat-tricks by teams [ edit ]
Hat-tricks by full member teams [ edit ]
Players with multiple T20I hat-tricks [ edit ]
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^ a b "14th Match, Group F, ICC World Twenty20 at Cape Town, Sep 16 2007" . ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 October 2017 .
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^ " 'Carnage': Irish cricketer Curtis Campher claims double hat-trick at T20 World Cup" . news.com.au. Retrieved 18 October 2021 .
^ "11th Match, Almeria, Oct 21 2021, ICC Men's T20 World Cup Europe Region Qualifier" . ESPNcricinfo . Retrieved 20 October 2021 .
^ "21st Match, Group A, Kigali, Oct 22 2021, ICC Men's T20 World Cup Sub Regional Africa Qualifier Group A" . ESPNcricinfo . Retrieved 22 October 2021 .
^ "5th T20I, Lagos, Oct 24 2021, Sierra Leone tour of Nigeria" . ESPNcricinfo . Retrieved 31 October 2021 .
^ "25th Match, Group 1, Sharjah, Oct 30 2021, ICC Men's T20 World Cup" . ESPNcricinfo . Retrieved 31 October 2021 .
^ "39th Match, Group 1, Sharjah, O6 Nov 2021, ICC Men's T20 World Cup" . ESPNcricinfo . Retrieved 6 November 2021 .
^ "11th Match, North Sound, Nov 10 2021, ICC Men's T20 World Cup Americas Region Qualifier" . ESPNcricinfo . Retrieved 10 November 2021 .
^ "4th Match, Kirtipur, Mar 31 2022, Nepal Tri-Nation T20I Series" . ESPNcricinfo . Retrieved 31 March 2022 .
^ "3rd T20I, Windhoek, April 10, 2022, Uganda tour of Namibia" . ESPNcricinfo . Retrieved 10 April 2022 .
^ "3rd T20I, Waterloo, June 12, 2022, Malta tour of Belgium" . ESPNcricinfo . Retrieved 12 June 2022 .
^ "4th Match, Bangi, July 04, 2022, Quadrangular Twenty20 Series (Malaysia)" . ESPNcricinfo . Retrieved 4 July 2022 .
^ "10th Match, Bangi, July 08, 2022, Quadrangular Twenty20 Series (Malaysia)" . ESPNcricinfo . Retrieved 8 July 2022 .
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^ "2nd T20I, Belfast, July 20, 2022, New Zealand tour of Ireland" . ESPNcricinfo . Retrieved 21 July 2022 .
^ "15th Match, Group 2, Vantaa, July 28, 2022, ICC Men's T20 World Cup Sub Regional Europe Qualifier Group B" . ESPNcricinfo . Retrieved 28 July 2022 .
^ "20th Match, Group 2, Kerava, July 30, 2022, ICC Men's T20 World Cup Sub Regional Europe Qualifier Group B" . ESPNcricinfo . Retrieved 30 July 2022 .
^ "5th T20I (N), Al Amerat, August 17, 2022, Bahrain tour of Oman" . ESPNcricinfo . Retrieved 17 August 2022 .
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^ "9th Match, Bangi, December 21, 2022, Quadrangular Twenty20 Series (Malaysia)" . ESPNcricinfo . Retrieved 21 December 2022 .
^ "6th T20I, Cartagena, February 26, 2023, Isle of Man tour of Spain" . ESPNcricinfo . Retrieved 26 February 2023 .
^ "1st T20I, Lahore, April 14, 2023, New Zealand tour of Pakistan" . ESPNcricinfo . Retrieved 14 April 2023 .
^ "1st Match, Brondby, May 18, 2023, Nordic T20 Cup" . ESPNcricinfo . Retrieved 18 May 2023 .
^ "1st Match, Sofia, June 23, 2023, Quadrangular Twenty20 Series (Bulgaria)" . ESPNcricinfo . Retrieved 23 June 2023 .
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