A hat-trick in cricket is when a bowler takes three wickets on consecutive deliveries, dismissing three different batsmen. It is a relatively rare event in Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) cricket with only 17 occurrences in over 800 matches. [1]
The first Women's Twenty20 hat-trick was taken by Asmavia Iqbal of Pakistan, playing against England in Loughborough on 5 September 2012. This is also the only instance where the team lost the match despite a player taking a hat-trick. None of the bowlers have taken more than one hat-trick in Women's T20I.
Anjali Chand's hat-trick in December 2019 against Maldives came during the then best figures in Women's T20 Internationals.
Team | Count of hauls |
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2 | |
1 | |
Total | 17 |
Hat-trick taken in a World Cup match | |
(b) | Bowled |
(c) | Caught |
(c b) | Caught and bowled |
(lbw) | Leg before wicket |
(st) | Stumped |
Wicket-keeper | |
Result | Result for the team for which the hat-trick was taken |
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