Cricket World Cup : All Hat-tricks Recorded

97 hat-tricks have been performed so far at the international level. Out of those 96, 43 have come in Tests, 47 have come in ODIs and 7 have come in T20Is.

11 out of those 46 have come in World Cups. The first ever World Cup hat trick was picked up by the Indian seamer Chetan Sharma. He took the wickets of the Kiwi batsmen Ken Rutherford, Ian Smith and Ewen Chatfield in the 1987 World Cup. This was the first ever Cricket WC hat trick by an Indian bowler which will remain in the Cricket World Cup Records.

However Lasith Malinga remains the bowler with Most Hat Tricks Record in World Cup with 2 Hat Tricks in his bag. He is the only one to do so.

A hat trick has been recorded in every Cricket World Cup since the 1999 edition. From Chetan Sharma to Trent Boult, here is a list of all ICC ODI World Cup hat tricks:

World Cup Hat Tricks List :

Year	Player	For	Against	Wickets
2019	Trent Boult	New Zealand	Australia	Mitchell Starc,Jason Behrendorff, Nathan Lyon
2019	Mohammed Shami	India	Afghanistan	Mohammad Nabi, Aftab Alam, Mujeeb Ur Rahman
2015	Steven Finn	England	Australia	Brad Haddin, Glenn Maxwell, Mitchell Johnson
2015	JP Duminy	South Africa	Sri Lanka	Angelo Mathews, Nuwan Kulasekara, Tharindu Kaushal
2011	Kemar Roach	West Indies	Netherlands	Pieter Seelaar, Bernard Loots, Berend Westdijk
2011	Lasith Malinga	Sri Lanka	Kenya	Tanmay Mishra, Peter Ongondo, Shem Ngoche
2007	Lasith Malinga	Sri Lanka	South Africa	Shaun Pollock, Andrew Hall, Jacques Kallis, Makhaya Ntini
2003	Chaminda Vaas	Sri Lanka	Bangladesh	Hannan Sarkar, Mohammad Ashraful, Ehsanul Haque
2003	Brett Lee	Australia	Kenya	Kennedy Otieno, Brijal Patel, David Obuya
1999	Saqlain Mushtaq	Pakistan	Zimbabwe	Henry Olonga, Adam Huckle, Pommie Mbangwa
1987	Chetan Sharma	India	New Zealand	Ken Rutherford, Ian Smith, Ewen Chatfield

Sri Lanka's Lasith Malinga is the only bowler in the history of ODI cricket to take 4 wickets in 4 consecutive balls. He did it against South Africa in the 2007 Cricket World Cup. He dismissed Shaun Pollock, Andrew Hall, Jacques Kallis, and Makhaya Ntini.

Out of the 11 hat tricks taken in the World Cups, 9 of them have been taken by pacers and 2 have been taken by spinners. Sri Lanka and India are the only nations to have two bowlers who have done it. Chaminda Vaas and Lasith Malinga share 3 hat tricks between them. While Chetan Sharma and Shami have done it for India.

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