hat-trick A hat-trick or hat trick is the achievement of a generally positive feat three times in a match, or another achievement based on the number three. Origin The term first appeared in 1858 in cricket, to describe H. H. Stephenson taking three Wick ...

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is when a bowler takes three

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s from consecutive deliveries. It is a relatively rare feat in women's international cricket. The first hat-trick was taken in a Test match between

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and

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in February 1958, by Australia's

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. Two further hat-tricks have been taken in women's Tests; by Pakistan's Shaiza Khan in 2004, and Australia's Rene Farrell in 2011. The first hat-trick in women's One Day Internationals was taken by Carole Hodges during the

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. In September 2019, against the West Indies, Megan Schutt became the first female bowler to take two hat-tricks in international cricket. The most recent bowler to achieve the feat was

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, against

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during a

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(WODI) in May 2025.

Key

Hat-tricks

Tests

One Day Internationals

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took 4 wickets in 5 balls during this spell. She dismissed

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(st †

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) and bowled a dot ball before she took the hat-trick.

Twenty20 Internationals

As of May 2025, 48 hat-tricks have been taken in over 2,300 WT20I matches.

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