9 bowlers with more than one hat-trick in international cricket

Stuart Broad (2 hat-tricks)

Stuart Broad's hat- tricks have come against teams from the sub-continent.

The England pacer claimed a hat-trick in the Nottingham Test against India held from July 29-August 1, 2011. After England made only 221 batting first, Broad’s hat-trick restricted India to 288.

He had Dhoni caught by James Anderson for 5, before trapping Harbhajan Singh lbw and then bowled Praveen Kumar out as India went from 273 for 5 to 273 for 8 and soon 288 all out. England went on to win the Test by 319 runs.

Broad’s second hat-trick came in the Test match against Sri Lanka at Leeds played from June 20-24, 2014. With the last ball of the 63rd over, he had Kumar Sangakkara caught by Ian Bell for 79. With the first two balls of the 65th over, he had Dinesh Chandimal caught by Alastair Cook and Shaminda Eranga caught behind.

The hat-trick put Sri Lanka in trouble at 229 for 9 but they recovered to win the Test by 100 runs after Angelo Mathews’ second-innings 160.