Hat-tricks in Test Cricket

Hat-tricks in Test Cricket: Frederick Spofforth scored the first hat-trick in Test history on January 2, 1879. The Australian, known as “The Demon Bowler,” got rid of The Reverend Vernon Royle, Francis MacKinnon, and Thomas Emmett in quick succession on the first day of the match in Melbourne. Spofforth had amazing numbers at the end of the innings: 6-48. As if those weren’t enough, he then claimed 7-62 the second time.

Because of what he did, the Test of Timelessness was over in three days. The England team had to go a long way to play a one-off game that they lost by 10 runs. In honor of the anniversary of Spofforth’s amazing hat-trick, here are five of the best Test hat-tricks ever. There were a lot to choose from, so feel free to use the comments part to make your case for one we didn’t choose in Hat-tricks List.

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Best Hat-tricks in Test Cricket

Jimmy Matthews:

Any bowler at any level knows how hard it is to achieve a hat-trick. Jimmy Matthews, however, managed to do it twice in the same match in 1912. The Australian leg-spinner wrapped up South Africa’s first innings at Old Trafford (the two nations were playing in a triangular tournament that also involved England) to allow his captain to enforce the follow-on. South Africa was then bowled out for 95 in 28.2 overs; Matthews helped rush Australia to victory when he astonishingly claimed a second hat-trick, not only in the same Test but also on the same day!

Spare a thought for poor Tommy Ward—on both occasions he was the third victim for Matthews; meaning on his debut for his country, the wicketkeeper-batsman recorded a king pair (out first ball in each innings). Sadly, there are no pictures available of Matthews in action, so instead enjoy watching another Australian celebrating after taking three wickets in as many balls. Shane Warne missed out on the final cut despite his heroics against England in the Boxing Day Test at Melbourne in 1994. Still, it is worth watching the video simply for David Boon’s superb reaction catch at short leg to complete the dismissal of Devon Malcolm.

Dominic Cork:

In the summer of 1995, Dominic Cork had already had a great start to his Test career. Against West Indies, he set a record by taking three wickets in as many deliveries. Cork had a great run on the fourth morning of the match, which was only his third game for England. This helped the home team win by six wickets. Richie Richardson, the captain of the West Indies, was his first victim. He played on to his stumps, and the next ball caught Junior Murray leg before wicket.

Carl Hooper, who was batting lower in the lineup because he had a chipped finger, was also out on his first delivery. He was given out lbw as he jumped forward onto his front foot. Cork became the first English player to get a hat-trick in a Test since Peter Loader did it against West Indies in 1957.

Wasim Akram:

Wasim Akram got two hat-tricks in Tests in 1999, both against Sri Lanka in the month of March. First, he got Romesh Kaluwitharana out for 100 in Lahore. Then, he got rid of the last two batsmen, Niroshan Bandaratilleke and Pramodya Wickramasinghe, giving Pakistan the lead in the first innings of a match that would end up being a tie. Four days later, in the final of the Asian Test Championship in Dhaka, the two teams played each other again. On the first day, Pakistan bowled out their opponents for 231 and then scored 594 runs to take a big first-innings lead.

Day 3 ended with Sri Lanka at 9-3 and three overs left to play. Akram’s first wicket was the opener Avishka Gunawardene, who was caught behind the wicket on the fifth ball. Chaminda Vaas didn’t last long as the night watchman. He was thrown out on the next delivery without causing any problems for the scores. But the Pakistani fast bowler had to wait until the beginning of his next over to get his hat trick. Wajahatullah Wasti caught Mahela Jayawardene. The next day, Sri Lanka was bowled out for 188, which made them lose by an inning.

Glenn McGrath:

In 2000, when Glenn McGrath won all three Tests against West Indies, he reached a personal milestone. Australia won by a huge margin in the match in Perth, so the most interesting part of the one-sided game was when McGrath got the visitors down to 19-4 on the first day. Why then is it on the list? When he caught Brian Lara for a duck on the first ball, his second wicket of the hat-trick, the seamer also hit the milestone of 300 victims in Tests. Sherwin Campbell had been caught by Ricky Ponting, making Sherwin Campbell the second West Indies player to be out to the new ball.

Jimmy Adams was left to face the hat-trick ball. He didn’t make it, throwing an easy catch-up to Justin Langer under the helmet at short leg. McGrath didn’t get any more wickets in the first round, and when West Indies played again, he only got one. He did, however, end his great Test career, in which he played in 124 games for his country, with 563 catches.

Harbhajan Singh:

Harbhajan SinghHarbhajan Singh took a hat-trick against Australia in Kolkata in a thrilling Test match. After batting first at Eden Gardens, Australia reached 252-4 when Harbhajan gave the hosts hope by becoming the first Indian bowler to take three wickets in as many deliveries in a Test. Ricky Ponting’s initial firing was justified. However, Adam Gilchrist may have felt aggrieved to be declared lbw to the spinner’s following delivery. It hit the batsman’s pad and pitched outside leg stump.

Shane Warne then scored another hat-trick, but he wasn’t celebrating. Warne claimed the ball hit the floor before being caught by the defender, but the third umpire disagreed. After knocking India out for 171, captain Steve Waugh invited the home team to bat again after Australia made 445. VVS Laxman and Rahul Dravid batted India to safety and a win. Australia lost 212 chasing 394 on a worn pitch. Harbhajan took 13 wickets in the Test but was not named man-of-the-match. This is the end of Hat-tricks list in test cricket.

Following is the list of bowlers who have got Hat-tricks in Test cricket:

S#	BOWLER	MATCH	WICKETS	VENUE	DATE
1	Frederick Spofforth	Australia v England	The Revd Vernon Royle (b) Francis MacKinnon (b) Tom Emmett (c)	Melbourne Cricket Ground	02-Jan-1879
2	Billy Bates	England v Australia	Percy McDonnell (b) George Giffen (c&b) George Bonnor (c)	Melbourne Cricket Ground	20-Jan-1883
3	Johnny Briggs	England v Australia	Walter Giffen (b) Jack Blackham (lbw) Sydney Callaway (c)	Sydney Cricket Ground	02-Feb-1892
4	George Lohmann	England v South Africa	Frederick Cook (b) Bonnor Middleton (b) Joseph Willoughby (c)	St George’s Park	14-Feb-1896
5	Jack Hearne	England v Australia	Clem Hill (b) Syd Gregory (c) Monty Noble (c)	Headingley	30-Jun-1899
6	Hugh Trumble	Australia v England	John Gunn (c) Arthur Jones (c) Sydney Barnes (c&b)	Melbourne Cricket Ground	04-Jan-1902
7	Hugh Trumble	Australia v England	Bernard Bosanquet (c) Sir Pelham Warner (lbw) Dick Lilley (lbw)	Melbourne Cricket Ground	08-Mar-1904
8	Jimmy Matthews	Australia v South Africa	Rolland Beaumont (b) Sid Pegler (lbw) Tommy Ward (lbw)	Old Trafford	28-May-1912
9	Jimmy Matthews	Australia v South Africa	Herbie Taylor (b) Reggie Schwarz (c) Tommy Ward (c)	Old Trafford	28-May-1912
10	Maurice Allom	England v New Zealand	Tom Lowry (lbw) Ken James (c) Ted Badcock (b)	AMI Stadium	10-Jan-1930
11	Tom Goddard	England v South Africa	Dudley Nourse (c&b) Norman Gordon (st) Billy Wade (b)	Old Wanderers	26-Dec-1938
12	Peter Loader	England v West Indies	John Goddard (b) Sonny Ramadhin (c) Roy Gilchrist (b)	Headingley	25-Jul-1957
13	Lindsay Kline	Australia v South Africa	Eddie Fuller (c) Hugh Tayfield (lbw) Neil Adcock (c)	Newlands	03-Jan-1958
14	Wes Hall	West Indies v Pakistan	Mushtaq Mohammad (lbw) Fazal Mahmood (c) Nasim-ul-Ghani (b)	Bagh-e-Jinnah	29-Mar-1959
15	Geoff Griffin	South Africa v England	Mike K Smith (c) Peter Walker (b) Fred Trueman (b)	Lord’s	24-Jun-1960
16	Lance Gibbs	West Indies v Australia	Ken Mackay (lbw) Wally Grout (c) Frank Misson (b)	Adelaide Oval	30-Jan-1961
17	Peter Petherick	New Zealand v Pakistan	Javed Miandad (c) Wasim Raja (c&b) Intikhab Alam (c)	Gaddafi Stadium	09-Oct-1976
18	Courtney Walsh	West Indies v Australia	Tony Dodemaide (c) Mike Veletta (c) Graeme Wood (lbw)	Brisbane Cricket Ground	20-Nov-1988
19	Merv Hughes	Australia v West Indies	Curtly Ambrose (c) Patrick Patterson (c) Gordon Greenidge (lbw)	W.A.C.A. Ground	04-Dec-1988
20	Damien Fleming	Australia v Pakistan	Aamer Malik (c) Inzamam-ul-Haq (lbw) Saleem Malik (c)	Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium	09-Oct-1994
21	Shane Warne	Australia v England	Phil DeFreitas (lbw) Darren Gough (c) Devon Malcolm (c)	Melbourne Cricket Ground	29-Dec-1994
22	Dominic Cork	England v West Indies	Richie Richardson (b) Junior Murray (lbw) Carl Hooper (lbw)	Old Trafford	30-Jul-1995
23	Darren Gough	England v Australia	Ian Healy (c) Stuart MacGill (b) Colin Miller (b)	Sydney Cricket Ground	02-Jan-1999
24	Wasim Akram	Pakistan v Sri Lanka	Romesh Kaluwitharana (c) Niroshan Bandaratilleke (b) Pramodya Wickramasinghe (b)	Gaddafi Stadium	06-Mar-1999
25	Wasim Akram	Pakistan v Sri Lanka	Avishka Gunawardene (c) Chaminda Vaas (b) Mahela Jayawardene (c)	Bangabandhu National Stadium	14-Mar-1999
26	Nuwan Zoysa	Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe	Trevor Gripper (lbw) Murray Goodwin (c) Neil Johnson (lbw)	Harare Sports Club	26-Nov-1999
27	Abdul Razzaq	Pakistan v Sri Lanka	Romesh Kaluwitharana (c) Rangana Herath (lbw) Ravindra Pushpakumara (lbw)	Galle International Stadium	21-Jun-2000
28	Glenn McGrath	Australia v West Indies	Sherwin Campbell (c) Brian Lara (c) Jimmy Adams (c)	W.A.C.A. Ground	01-Dec-2000
29	Harbhajan Singh	India v Australia	Ricky Ponting (lbw) Adam Gilchrist (lbw) Shane Warne (c)	Eden Gardens	11-Mar-2001
30	Mohammad Sami	Pakistan v Sri Lanka	Charitha Buddhika (lbw) Nuwan Zoysa (lbw) Muttiah Muralitharan (b)	Gaddafi Stadium	08-Mar-2002
31	Jermaine Lawson	West Indies v Australia	Brett Lee (b) Stuart MacGill (b) Justin Langer (lbw)	Kensington Oval	05-May-2003
32	Alok Kapali	Bangladesh v Pakistan	Shabbir Ahmed (c) Danish Kaneria (lbw) Umar Gul (lbw)	Arbab Niaz Stadium	29-Aug-2003
33	Andy Blignaut	Zimbabwe v Bangladesh	Hannan Sarkar (lbw) Mohammad Ashraful (c) Mushfiqur Rahman (c)	Harare Sports Club	22-Feb-2004
34	Matthew Hoggard	England v West Indies	Ramnaresh Sarwan (c) Shivnarine Chanderpaul (lbw) Ryan Hinds (c)	Kensington Oval	03-Apr-2004
35	James Franklin	New Zealand v Bangladesh	Manjural Islam Rana (c) Mohammad Rafique (c) Tapash Baisya (b)	Bangabandhu National Stadium	20-Oct-2004
36	Irfan Pathan	India v Pakistan	Salman Butt (c) Younis Khan (lbw) Mohammad Yousuf (b)	National Stadium	29-Jan-2006
37	Ryan Sidebottom	England v New Zealand	Stephen Fleming (c) Mathew Sinclair (c) Jacob Oram (lbw)	Seddon Park	08-Mar-2008
38	Peter Siddle	Australia v England	Alastair Cook (c) Matt Prior (b) Stuart Broad (lbw)	Brisbane Cricket Ground	25-Nov-2010
39	Stuart Broad	England v India	MS Dhoni (c) Harbhajan Singh (lbw) Praveen Kumar (b)	Trent Bridge	30-Jul-2011
40	Sohag Gazi	Bangladesh v New Zealand	Corey Anderson (lbw) BJ Watling (c) Doug Bracewell (c)	Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium	13-Oct-2013
41	Stuart Broad	England v Sri Lanka	Kumar Sangakkara (c) Dinesh Chandimal (c) Shaminda Eranga (c)	Headingley	20-Jun-2014
42	Rangana Herath	Sri Lanka v Australia	Adam Voges (c) Peter Nevill (lbw) Mitchell Starc (lbw)	Galle International Stadium	05-Aug-2016
43	Moeen Ali	England v South Africa	Dean Elgar (c) Kagiso Rabada (c) Morne Morkel (lbw)	Kennington Oval	31-Jul-2017
44	Jasprit Bumrah	India v West Indies	Darren Bravo (c) Shamarh Brooks (lbw) Roston Chase (lbw)	Sabina Park	31-Aug-2019
45	Naseem Shah	Pakistan v Bangladesh	Najmul Hossain Shanto (lbw) Taijul Islam (lbw) Mahmudullah (c)	Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium	09-Feb-2020
46	Keshav Maharaj	South Africa v West Indies	Kieran Powell (c) Jason Holder (c) Joshua Da Silva (c)	Darren Sammy National Cricket Stadium	21-Jun-2021