lasith malinga of sri lanka has taken the most hat tricks in cricket.
lasith malinga of sri lanka has taken the most hat tricks in cricket.
who has taken the most hat tricks in cricket?
lasith malinga of sri lanka
the only bowler to have taken three career hat-tricks is lasith malinga of sri lanka, while four other bowlers (wasim akram, saqlain mushtaq, chaminda vaas and trent boult) have taken two hat-tricks. hat-tricks are dominated by fast bowlers with pakistan's saqlain mushtaq, bangladesh's abdur razzak and taijul islam, zimbabwe's prosper utseya, south africa's jp duminy and imran tahir, sri lanka's wanidu hasaranga and india's kuldeep yadav, the only eight spinners to have taken an odi hat-trick. vaas of sri lanka became the only bowler to claim a hat-trick in the first three balls of any form of international cricket when he took the first three wickets off the opening three balls of their match against bangladesh during the 2003 world cup. lasith malinga is also the only player to claim four wickets in consecutive balls; he achieved the feat against south africa in the 2007 world cup. four players have taken a hat-trick on their odi debut: taijul islam from bangladesh in a match against zimbabwe, kagiso rabada from south africa against bangladesh, wanidu hasaranga from sri lanka against zimbabwe and shehan madushanka from sri lanka against bangladesh. india's chetan sharma was the first cricketer to take a hat-trick in a world cup match. eleven hat-tricks have occurred in world cup matches.
list of one day international cricket hat-tricks
list of united states men's national soccer team hat-tricks









































this article is a list of the hat tricks scored for the united states men's national soccer team. besides the instances of a player scoring three goals in a game, the list also includes games where a player has scored more than three goals.









































landon donovan is the all-time leader for the united states national team with three hat tricks. the only other players with multiple hat tricks in international play are jozy altidore and clint dempsey, each with two hat tricks apiece.
list of united states men's national soccer team hat-tricks