In cricket, a hat-trick occurs when a bowler takes a wicket with each of three consecutive deliveries. Although hat-tricks can carry over between innings, meaning a batter can be dismissed twice as part of the same hat-trick, they do not carry over between matches. As of July 2025, this feat has only been achieved 49 times, by 45 different bowlers, in more than 2,000 men's Test matches, the form of the sport in which national representative teams compete in matches of up to five days' duration.
The first Test hat-trick was recorded on 2 January 1879, in only the third Test match to take place, by the Australia pace bowler Fred Spofforth, nicknamed "The Demon Bowler", who dismissed three England batters with consecutive deliveries at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. The most recent Test hat-trick was taken by Scott Boland in July 2025.
This article relates to men's cricket only. There have been three hat-tricks in women's Test cricket.
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Key· Test hat-tricks
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Bowler
Bowler
Symbol
Bowler
Meaning
The name of the bowler
For
For
Symbol
For
Meaning
The team for which the bowler was playing
Against
Against
Symbol
Against
Meaning
The team against which the bowler was playing
Inn.
Inn.
Symbol
Inn.
Meaning
The innings (first or second) in which the hat-trick was achieved
Test
Test
Symbol
Test
Meaning
The number of the Test within the overall series between the two teams
Dismissals
Dismissals
Symbol
Dismissals
Meaning
The three players dismissed by the bowler
Venue
Venue
Symbol
Venue
Meaning
The venue where the hat-trick was achieved
Date
Date
Symbol
Date
Meaning
The date on which the hat-trick was achieved
Ref.
Ref.
Symbol
Ref.
Meaning
Reference
Ranked list
Symbol
Meaning
Hat-trick taken in debut match
Bowler
The name of the bowler
For
The team for which the bowler was playing
Against
The team against which the bowler was playing
Inn.
The innings (first or second) in which the hat-trick was achieved
Test
The number of the Test within the overall series between the two teams
Dismissals
The three players dismissed by the bowler
Venue
The venue where the hat-trick was achieved
Date
The date on which the hat-trick was achieved
Ref.
Reference
List of Test cricket hat-tricks· Test hat-tricks
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1
1
No.
1
Bowler
Fred Spofforth
For
Australia
Against
England
Inn.
1
Test
1/1
Dismissals
Vernon Royle (b)
Francis MacKinnon (b)
Tom Emmett (c Tom Horan)
Venue
MCG, Melbourne
Date
2 January 1879
2
2
No.
2
Bowler
Billy Bates
For
England
Against
Australia
Inn.
1
Test
2/3
Dismissals
Percy McDonnell (b)
George Giffen (c and b)
George Bonnor (c Walter Read)
Venue
MCG, Melbourne
Date
20 January 1883
3
3
No.
3
Bowler
Johnny Briggs
For
England
Against
Australia
Inn.
2
Test
2/3
Dismissals
Walter Giffen (b)
Jack Blackham (lbw)
Sydney Callaway (c W. G. Grace)
Venue
Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
Date
2 February 1892
4
4
No.
4
Bowler
George Lohmann
For
England
Against
South Africa
Inn.
2
Test
1/3
Dismissals
Frederick Cook (b)
Bonnor Middleton (b)
Joseph Willoughby (c Tom Hayward)
Venue
St. George's Park, Port Elizabeth
Date
14 February 1896
5
5
No.
5
Bowler
Jack Hearne
For
England
Against
Australia
Inn.
2
Test
3/5
Dismissals
Clem Hill (b)
Syd Gregory (c Archie MacLaren)
Monty Noble (c Ranjitsinhji)
Venue
Headingley, Leeds
Date
30 June 1899
6
6
No.
6
Bowler
Hugh Trumble (1/2)
For
Australia
Against
England
Inn.
2
Test
2/5
Dismissals
John Gunn (c Sammy Jones)
Arthur Jones (c Joe Darling)
Sydney Barnes (c and b)
Venue
MCG, Melbourne
Date
4 January 1902
7
7
No.
7
Bowler
Hugh Trumble (2/2)
For
Australia
Against
England
Inn.
2
Test
5/5
Dismissals
Bernard Bosanquet (c Algy Gehrs)
Plum Warner (c and b)
Dick Lilley (lbw)
Venue
MCG, Melbourne
Date
8 March 1904
8
8
No.
8
Bowler
Jimmy Matthews (1/2)
For
Australia
Against
South Africa
Inn.
1
Test
1/3
Dismissals
Rolland Beaumont (b)
Sid Pegler (lbw)
Tommy Ward (lbw)
Venue
Old Trafford, Manchester
Date
28 May 1912
9
9
No.
9
Bowler
Jimmy Matthews (2/2)
For
Australia
Against
South Africa
Inn.
2
Test
1/3
Dismissals
Herbie Taylor (b)
Reggie Schwarz (c and b)
Tommy Ward (c and b)
Venue
Old Trafford, Manchester
Date
28 May 1912
10
10
No.
10
Bowler
Maurice Allom
For
England
Against
New Zealand
Inn.
1
Test
1/4
Dismissals
Tom Lowry (lbw)
Ken James (c Tich Cornford)
Ted Badcock (b)
Venue
Lancaster Park, Christchurch
Date
10 January 1930
11
11
No.
11
Bowler
Tom Goddard
For
England
Against
South Africa
Inn.
1
Test
1/5
Dismissals
Dudley Nourse (c and b)
Norman Gordon (st Les Ames)
Billy Wade (b)
Venue
Old Wanderers, Johannesburg
Date
26 December 1938
12
12
No.
12
Bowler
Peter Loader
For
England
Against
West Indies
Inn.
1
Test
4/5
Dismissals
John Goddard (b)
Sonny Ramadhin (c Fred Trueman)
Roy Gilchrist (b)
Venue
Headingley, Leeds
Date
25 July 1957
13
13
No.
13
Bowler
Lindsay Kline
For
Australia
Against
South Africa
Inn.
2
Test
2/5
Dismissals
Eddie Fuller (c Richie Benaud)
Hugh Tayfield (lbw)
Neil Adcock (c Bob Simpson)
Venue
Newlands, Cape Town
Date
3 January 1958
14
14
No.
14
Bowler
Wes Hall
For
West Indies
Against
Pakistan
Inn.
1
Test
3/3
Dismissals
Mushtaq Mohammed (lbw)
Fazal Mahmood (c Garfield Sobers)
Nasim-ul-Ghani (b)
Venue
Bagh-e-Jinnah, Lahore
Date
29 March 1959
15
15
No.
15
Bowler
Geoff Griffin
For
South Africa
Against
England
Inn.
1
Test
2/5
Dismissals
M. J. K. Smith (c John Waite)
Peter Walker (b)
Fred Trueman (b)
Venue
Lord's, London
Date
24 June 1960
16
16
No.
16
Bowler
Lance Gibbs
For
West Indies
Against
Australia
Inn.
1
Test
4/5
Dismissals
Ken Mackay (lbw)
Wally Grout (c Garfield Sobers)
Frank Misson (b)
Venue
Adelaide Oval, Adelaide
Date
30 January 1961
17
17
No.
17
Bowler
Peter Petherick
For
New Zealand
Against
Pakistan
Inn.
1
Test
1/3
Dismissals
Javed Miandad (c Richard Hadlee)
Wasim Raja (c and b)
Intikhab Alam (c Geoff Howarth)
Venue
Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
Date
9 October 1976
18
18
No.
18
Bowler
Courtney Walsh
For
West Indies
Against
Australia
Inn.
1 & 2
Test
1/5
Dismissals
Tony Dodemaide (c Viv Richards)
Mike Veletta (c Carl Hooper)
Graeme Wood (lbw)
Venue
The Gabba, Brisbane
Date
18–20 November 1988
19
19
No.
19
Bowler
Merv Hughes
For
Australia
Against
West Indies
Inn.
1 & 2
Test
2/5
Dismissals
Curtly Ambrose (c Ian Healy)
Patrick Patterson (c Tony Dodemaide)
Gordon Greenidge (lbw)
Venue
WACA, Perth
Date
3–4 December 1988
20
20
No.
20
Bowler
Damien Fleming
For
Australia
Against
Pakistan
Inn.
2
Test
2/3
Dismissals
Aamer Malik (c Michael Bevan)
Inzamam-ul-Haq (lbw)
Saleem Malik (c Ian Healy)
Venue
Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi
Date
9 October 1994
21
21
No.
21
Bowler
Shane Warne
For
Australia
Against
England
Inn.
2
Test
2/5
Dismissals
Phil DeFreitas (lbw)
Darren Gough (c Ian Healy)
Devon Malcolm (c David Boon)
Venue
MCG, Melbourne
Date
29 December 1994
22
22
No.
22
Bowler
Dominic Cork
For
England
Against
West Indies
Inn.
2
Test
4/6
Dismissals
Richie Richardson (b)
Junior Murray (lbw)
Carl Hooper (lbw)
Venue
Old Trafford, Manchester
Date
30 July 1995
23
23
No.
23
Bowler
Darren Gough
For
England
Against
Australia
Inn.
1
Test
5/5
Dismissals
Ian Healy (c Warren Hegg)
Stuart MacGill (b)
Colin Miller (b)
Test hat-tricks by type of bowling· By type of bowling
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Fast bowling
Fast bowling
Bowling type
Fast bowling
Hat-tricks
31
Sub-type
Right-arm fast
Hat-tricks
25
Bowlers
Fred Spofforth, George Lohmann, Jack Hearne, Maurice Allom, Peter Loader, Wes Hall, Geoff Griffin, Courtney Walsh, Merv Hughes, Damien Fleming, Dominic Cork, Darren Gough, Abdul Razzaq, Glenn McGrath, Mohammad Sami, Jermaine Lawson, Andy Blignaut, Matthew Hoggard, Peter Siddle, Stuart Broad (2), Jasprit Bumrah, Naseem Shah, Gus Atkinson, Scott Boland
Left-arm fast
Left-arm fast
Bowling type
Left-arm fast
Hat-tricks
6
Sub-type
Wasim Akram (2), Nuwan Zoysa, James Franklin, Irfan Pathan, Ryan Sidebottom
Spin bowling
Spin bowling
Bowling type
Spin bowling
Hat-tricks
18
Sub-type
Off spin
Hat-tricks
9
Bowlers
Billy Bates, Hugh Trumble (2), Tom Goddard, Lance Gibbs, Peter Petherick, Harbhajan Singh, Sohag Gazi, Moeen Ali
Leg spin
Leg spin
Bowling type
Leg spin
Hat-tricks
4
Sub-type
Jimmy Matthews (2), Shane Warne, Alok Kapali
Left-arm orthodox spin
Left-arm orthodox spin
Bowling type
Left-arm orthodox spin
Hat-tricks
4
Sub-type
Noman Ali, Johnny Briggs, Rangana Herath, Keshav Maharaj
Left-arm unorthodox spin
Left-arm unorthodox spin
Bowling type
Left-arm unorthodox spin
Hat-tricks
1
Sub-type
Lindsay Kline
Total
Total
Bowling type
Total
Hat-tricks
49
Hat-tricks
49
Ranked list
Bowling type
Hat-tricks
Sub-type
Hat-tricks
Bowlers
Fast bowling
31
Right-arm fast
25
Fred Spofforth, George Lohmann, Jack Hearne, Maurice Allom, Peter Loader, Wes Hall, Geoff Griffin, Courtney Walsh, Merv Hughes, Damien Fleming, Dominic Cork, Darren Gough, Abdul Razzaq, Glenn McGrath, Mohammad Sami, Jermaine Lawson, Andy Blignaut, Matthew Hoggard, Peter Siddle, Stuart Broad (2), Jasprit Bumrah, Naseem Shah, Gus Atkinson, Scott Boland
Left-arm fast
6
Wasim Akram (2), Nuwan Zoysa, James Franklin, Irfan Pathan, Ryan Sidebottom
Spin bowling
18
Off spin
9
Billy Bates, Hugh Trumble (2), Tom Goddard, Lance Gibbs, Peter Petherick, Harbhajan Singh, Sohag Gazi, Moeen Ali
Leg spin
4
Jimmy Matthews (2), Shane Warne, Alok Kapali
Left-arm orthodox spin
4
Noman Ali, Johnny Briggs, Rangana Herath, Keshav Maharaj
Left-arm unorthodox spin
1
Lindsay Kline
Total
49
49
Grounds involved in multiple Test hat-tricks· By ground
