List of One Day International cricket hat-tricks

A hat-trick in cricket is referred to when a bowler has taken three wickets in consecutive deliveries, dismissing three different batsmen with three consecutive balls bowled. It is a relatively rare event in One Day International (ODI) cricket with only 29 occurrences in over 3,000 matches since the first ODI, between Australia and England on 5 January 1971. The first ODI hat-trick was taken by Jalal-ud-Din of Pakistan, playing against Australia at Niaz Stadium in September 1982 ; the most recent was taken by Lasith Malinga of Sri Lanka, playing against Kenya on 1 March 2011.

Pakistani bowlers hold the record for the most ODI hat-tricks taken by a team with eight. Four bowlers have taken two career hat-tricks: Wasim Akram and Saqlain Mushtaq of Pakistan, and Chaminda Vaas and Lasith Malinga of Sri Lanka. Hat-tricks are dominated by fast bowlers with Pakistan's Saqlain and Bangladesh's Razzaq the only two spinners to have taken an ODI hat-trick. Seven hat-tricks have occurred in World Cup matches, the most important form of ODI cricket. The last was during the 2011 World Cup with...
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