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List of women's international cricket hat tricks

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List of women's international cricket hat-tricks

A hat-trick in cricket is when a bowler takes three wickets from consecutive deliveries. It is a relatively rare feat, and has occurred eighteen times in the history of women's international cricket. The first hat-trick was taken in a Test match between Australia and England in February 1958, by Australia's Betty Wilson. The most recent bowler to achieve the feat was the New Zealand off spiner, Anna Peterson, against Australia during a Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) in February 2017.

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. Farrell's hat-trick is one of five in women's international cricket that did not involve a fielder, as two of the batsmen were dismissed leg before wicket (lbw), and one was bowled. Sana Mir's WT20I hat-trick in 2015 similarly contained two lbws and one bowled, while Julie Harris' women's One Day International (WODI) hat-trick during the 1993 Women's Cricket World Cup and Rumana Ahmed (WODI) hat-trick in 2016 ware both made up of three consecutive lbws and Dane van Niekerk (WODI) hat-trick in 2013 had two bowled and one lbw. The first hat-trick in women's One Day Internationals was made just six days prior to Harris', by Carole Hodges, during the same competition. Those remain the only hat-tricks to have been taken in women's World Cups, though Ekta Bisht took a hat-trick for India during the 2012 Women's World Twenty20, the equivalent competition for women's Twenty20 International cricket.

No player has taken multiple hat-tricks in international women's cricket, and similarly no venue has hosted more than one hat-trick. English, Pakistani and New Zealand bowlers have taken more hat-tricks than any other nations; three bowlers from each nation have achieved the feat. Nine hat-tricks have been taken in ODIs, while all six of the hat-tricks in T20I matches have happened since the most recent instance in women's Tests.

One Day Internationals

1 Dane van Niekerk took 4 wickets in 5 balls during this spell. She dismissed Shemaine Campbelle (st †Trisha Chetty) and bowled a dot ball right before she took the hat-trick.

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