Cricket World Cup: List of hat-tricks

#7 Lasith Malinga vs Kenya- Colombo, 2011

Malinga became the only player to pick up two hat-tricks in World Cups when he dismissed Kenya's Peter Ongondo, Shem Ngoche and Elijah Otieno in three balls. Kenya's batsmen did not have any clue about Malinga's crushing deliveries as all three fell prey to his accurate yorkers.

Kenya v Sri Lanka: Group A - 2011 ICC World Cup

While Ongondo was out LBW, Ngoche and Otieno were out bowled as their team succumbed to a mere 142 runs, which was chased by Sri Lanka without breaking a sweat. Malinga was rightly adjudged Man of the Match as his figures read 7.4-0-38-6.

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#8 Steven Finn vs Australia- Melbourne, 2015

Steven Finn may not be very proud of his bowling performance in England's first match of 2015 World Cup campaign, but he ended up becoming England's first and only bowler to take a hat-trick in World Cups.

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England won the toss and chose to bowl first. The Australians were cruising at 342 for 6 and Finn was having an ordinary night as he had conceded 71 runs, picking up just 2 wickets. He wouldn't have imagined even in his wildest dream that he would pick up a hat-trick after seeing the Aussies dominate thus with the bat.

Brad Haddin, Glenn Maxwell, and Mitchell Johnson hoicked the ball to give catches to the outfielders in an attempt to maximize their team's total. Not the best looking hat-trick, but Finn will take it with both hands.

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#9 JP Duminy vs Sri Lanks- Sydney, 2015

The only man to take a hat-trick in a World Cup knock-out game, JP Duminy made the most of his part-time off-spin against Sri Lanka in the Quarter-Final of the 2015 World Cup. Sri Lanka had the match in the balance when they were batting at 114 for 4 with Angelo Mathews and Kumar Sangakkara batting patiently.

South Africa v Sri Lanka: Quarter Final - 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup

Mathews tried to run at the bowler at ended up chipping the ball to Faf du Plessis. Duminy then managed to find the outside edge of Nuwan Kulasekara's bat to mark his second wicket and then trapped Tharindu Kaushal plumb in front to complete his hat-trick, paving the way to South Africa's first win in a World Cup knockout game.