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

Brett Lee (2 hat-tricks)

Brett Lee celebrates his hat trick after bowling out Kenya's David Obuya at the 2003 World Cup.

One of the fastest bowlers to ever play the game, Brett Lee, not surprisingly, has two hat-tricks to his name, both in World Cups across different formats. The first one was in the 2003 World Cup game against Kenya at Durban, on March 15.

With the last three balls of the fourth over of the match he clean bowled Kennedy Otieno for 1, had Brijal Patel caught by Ricky Ponting and then bowled David Obuya. Kenya managed only 174 for 8 and despite Aasif Karim’s bowling figures of 3 for 7, Australia won by five wickets.

Lee’s second hat-trick was against Bangladesh as part of the inaugural World T20 match played at Cape Town on September 16, 2007.

With the third, fourth and fifth ball of the 17th over of Bangladesh’s innings, Lee had Shakib Al Hasan caught behind for 16, Mashrafe Mortaza clean bowled, and Alok Kapali lbw. Aussies chased down 124 with ease for a thumping nine-wicket win.