Hat-trick (cricket)

In cricket, a hat-trick occurs when a bowler takes three wickets from three consecutive deliveries.^[1]^[2] The deliveries may be interrupted by an over bowled by another bowler from the other end of the pitch or the other team's innings, but must be three consecutive deliveries by the individual bowler in the same match. Only wickets attributed to the bowler count towards a hat-trick; run outs do not count, although they can contribute towards a so-called team hat-trick, which is ostensibly a normal hat-trick except that the three successive deliveries can be wickets from any bowler in the team and with any mode of dismissal.

Hat-tricks are rare, and as such are treasured by bowlers.

The term is also sometimes used to mean winning the same competition three times in a row. For example, Australia winning the Cricket World Cup in 1999, 2003 and 2007,^[3] and Lancashire winning the County Championship in 1926, 1927 and 1928.^[4]

^ "Records / Test matches / Bowling records / Hat-tricks". espncricinfo. Retrieved 10 June 2024. A hat-trick is when a bowler takes wickets with three consecutive deliveries
^ "The origins of football jargon". BBC BITESIZE. Retrieved 10 June 2024. A player gets a hat-trick when they score three goals in one game, but the use of the term actually didn't start on the football pitch. The phrase came from cricket, and was used when a bowler took three wickets from three consecutive balls.
^ "How Gilchrist destroyed Sri Lanka". Cricinfo. 29 April 2007. Retrieved 26 May 2020. By the time he was done, he had made the fifth century – and the highest score – in a World Cup final, and had put Australia firmly on the road to a hat-trick of World Cup triumphs.
^ "County File: Lancashire are finally in full bloom after more than 150 years". Daily Telegraph. 25 May 2020. Retrieved 26 May 2020. Still, there was enough brass to enable Lancashire to become the first county to win a hat-trick of titles in two formats, by bringing in overseas players to make the difference. The first was Ted Macdonald, who spearheaded Lancashire's hat-trick of championship wins from 1926 to 1928.

[1] "Records / Test matches / Bowling records / Hat-tricks". espncricinfo. Retrieved 10 June 2024. A hat-trick is when a bowler takes wickets with three consecutive deliveries

[2] "The origins of football jargon". BBC BITESIZE. Retrieved 10 June 2024. A player gets a hat-trick when they score three goals in one game, but the use of the term actually didn't start on the football pitch. The phrase came from cricket, and was used when a bowler took three wickets from three consecutive balls.

[3] "How Gilchrist destroyed Sri Lanka". Cricinfo. 29 April 2007. Retrieved 26 May 2020. By the time he was done, he had made the fifth century – and the highest score – in a World Cup final, and had put Australia firmly on the road to a hat-trick of World Cup triumphs.

[4] "County File: Lancashire are finally in full bloom after more than 150 years". Daily Telegraph. 25 May 2020. Retrieved 26 May 2020. Still, there was enough brass to enable Lancashire to become the first county to win a hat-trick of titles in two formats, by bringing in overseas players to make the difference. The first was Ted Macdonald, who spearheaded Lancashire's hat-trick of championship wins from 1926 to 1928.

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