Country with the most ODI hat-tricks – it's not India, Australia or England

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With 10 to their name, you may be surprised to discover which country has a fifth of all ODI hat-tricks.

Sri Lanka were beaten by New Zealand on Wednesday as they lost the second ODI in Hamilton by 113 runs. It was pretty comprehensive stuff from the Black Caps, but there was one special moment for the tourists as Maheesh Theekshana claimed a hat-trick with the wickets Mitchell Santner, Nathan Smith and Matt Henry.

The hat-trick was the tenth time a Sri Lankan bowler has achieved the feat in ODI cricket – making them the country with the most hat-tricks in the 50 over version of the game. It was the 51st time a bowler has achieved the feat meaning that 20 percent of all ODI hat-tricks belong to Sri Lanka. Here's a breakdown of all 51 ODI hat-tricks by country.

10. West Indies – two ODI hat-tricks

1. Jerome Taylor: v Australia, 18 October 2006
2. Kemar Roach: v Netherlands, 28 February 2011

9. Zimbabwe – three ODI hat-tricks

• Eddo Brandes: v England, 3 January 1997
• Prosper Utseya: v South Africa, 29 August 2014
• Wesley Madhevere: v Netherlands, 23 March 2023

=8. England – four ODI hat-tricks

1. James Anderson: v Pakistan, 20 June 2003
2. Steve Harmison: v India, 1 September 2004
3. Andrew Flintoff: v West Indies, 3 April 2009
4. Steven Finn: v Australia, 14 February 2015

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=8. South Africa – four ODI hat-tricks

• Charl Langeveldt: v West Indies, 11 May 2005
• JP Duminy: v Sri Lanka, 18 March 2015
• Kagiso Rabada: v Bangladesh, 10 July 2015
• Imran Tahir: v Zimbabwe, 3 October 2018

=8. New Zealand – four ODI hat-tricks

1. Danny Morrison: v India, 25 March 1994
2. Shane Bond: v Australia, 14 January 2007
3. Trent Boult: v Pakistan, 7 November 2018
4. Trent Boult: v Australia, 29 June 2019

5. India – five ODI hat-tricks

1. Chetan Sharma: v New Zealand, 31 October 1987
2. Kapil Dev: v Sri Lanka, 4 January 1991
3. Kuldeep Yadav: v Australia, 21 September 2017
4. Mohammed Shami: v Afghanistan, 22 June 2019
5. Kuldeep Yadav: v West Indies, 18 December 2019

5. Bangladesh – five ODI hat-tricks

1. Shahadat Hossain: v Zimbabwe, 2 August 2006
2. Abdur Razzak: v Zimbabwe, 3 December 2010
3. Rubel Hossain: v New Zealand, 29 October 2013
4. Taijul Islam: v Zimbabwe, 1 December 2014
5. Taskin Ahmed: v Sri Lanka, 28 March 2017

3. Australia – six ODI hat-tricks

1. Bruce Reid: v New Zealand, 29 January 1986
2. Anthony Stuart: v Pakistan, 16 January 1997
3. Brett Lee: v Kenya, 15 March 2003
4. Dan Christian: v Sri Lanka, 2 March 2012
5. Clint McKay: v England, 14 September 2013
6. James Faulkner: v Sri Lanka, 24 August 2016

2. Pakistan – eight ODI hat-tricks

1. Jalal-ud-Din: v Australia, 20 September 1982
2. Wasim Akram: v West Indies, 14 October 1989
3. Wasim Akram: v Australia, 4 May 1990
4. Aaqib Javed: v India, 25 October 1991
5. Waqar Younis: v New Zealand, 19 December 1994
6. Saqlain Mushtaq: v Zimbabwe, 3 November 1996
7. Saqlain Mushtaq: Zimbabwe, 11 June 1999
8. Mohammad Sami: v West Indies, 15 February 2002

1. Sri Lanka – 10 ODI hat-tricks

1. Chaminda Vaas: v Zimbabwe, 8 December 2001
2. Chaminda Vaas: v Bangladesh, 14 February 2003
3. Lasith Malinga: v South Africa, 28 March 2007
4. Farveez Maharoof: v India, 22 June 2010
5. Lasith Malinga: v Kenya, 1 March 2011
6. Lasith Malinga: v Australia, 22 August 2011
7. Thisara Perera: v Pakistan, 16 June 2012
8. Wanindu Hasaranga: v Zimbabwe, 2 July 2017
9. Shehan Madushanka: v Bangladesh, 27 January 2018
10. Maheesh Theekshana: v New Zealand, 8 January 2025

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