A hat-trick in cricket is when a bowler takes three wickets from consecutive deliveries. It is a relatively rare event in men's Twenty20 International (T20I) cricket with only 81 occurrences as of December 2025.
The first Twenty20 hat-trick was taken by Brett Lee of Australia, playing against Bangladesh in Cape Town in September 2007.
Rashid Khan, Lasith Malinga, Curtis Campher, Jason Holder, Waseem Yaqoob and Hernán Fennell are the only bowlers to take four wickets in four balls in T20Is, Khan achieving this feat against Ireland in February 2019, and Malinga repeating the achievement against New Zealand in September 2019. On 18 October 2021 at 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup, Campher achieved the feat against the Netherlands. On 30 January 2022, Holder achieved this feat against England.
On 6 August 2021, Nathan Ellis picked up three wickets off the last three balls of Bangladesh innings to become the first male cricketer to take a hat-trick on his debut in a T20I match.
Chronological list of hat-tricks
| Hat-trick taken in a World Cup match | |
| Hat-trick taken in debut 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 |
|---|
| No. | Bowler | For | Against | Wickets | Venue | Date | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brett Lee | Australia | Bangladesh |
| Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town | 16 September 2007 | Won | |
| 2 | Jacob Oram | New Zealand | Sri Lanka |
| R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo | 2 September 2009 | Won | |
| 3 | Tim Southee (1/2) | New Zealand | Pakistan |
| Eden Park, Auckland | 26 December 2010 | Won | |
| 4 | Thisara Perera | Sri Lanka | India |
| JSCA International Stadium Complex, Ranchi | 12 February 2016 | Lost | |
| 5 | Lasith Malinga (1/2) | Sri Lanka | Bangladesh |
| R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo | 6 April 2017 | Lost | |
| 6 | Faheem Ashraf | Pakistan | Sri Lanka |
| Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi | 27 October 2017 | Won | |
| 7 | Rashid Khan | Afghanistan | Ireland |
| Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Dehradun | 24 February 2019 | Won | |
| 8 | Lasith Malinga (2/2) | Sri Lanka | New Zealand |
| Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy | 6 September 2019 | Won | |
| 9 | Mohammad Hasnain | Pakistan | Sri Lanka |
| Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore | 5 October 2019 | Lost | |
| 10 | Khawar Ali | Oman | Netherlands |
| Oman Cricket Academy Ground, Muscat | 9 October 2019 | Won | |
| 11 | Norman Vanua | Papua New Guinea | Bermuda |
| ICC Academy Ground, Dubai | 19 October 2019 | Won | |
| 12 | Deepak Chahar | India | Bangladesh |
| Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur | 10 November 2019 | Won | |
| 13 | Ashton Agar | Australia | South Africa |
| Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg | 21 February 2020 | Won | |
| 14 | Akila Dananjaya | Sri Lanka | West Indies |
| Coolidge Cricket Ground, Antigua | 3 March 2021 | Lost | |
| 15 | Waseem Abbas (1/2) | Malta | Belgium |
| Marsa Sports Club, Marsa | 8 July 2021 | Won | |
| 16 | Sheraz Sheikh | Belgium | Malta |
| Marsa Sports Club, Marsa | 9 July 2021 | Won | |
| 17 | Nathan Ellis | Australia | Bangladesh |
| Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Mirpur | 6 August 2021 | Lost | |
| 18 | Elijah Otieno | Kenya | Uganda |
| Entebbe Cricket Oval, Entebbe | 17 September 2021 | Lost | |
| 19 | Kofi Bagabena | Ghana | Seychelles |
| Gahanga International Cricket Stadium, Kigali | 17 October 2021 | Won | |
| 20 | Curtis Campher | Ireland | Netherlands |
| Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi | 18 October 2021 | Won | |
| 21 | Dylan Blignaut | Germany | Italy |
| Desert Springs Cricket Ground, Almería | 21 October 2021 | Lost | |
| 22 | Dinesh Nakrani | Uganda | Seychelles |
| IPRC Cricket Ground, Kigali | 22 October 2021 | Won | |
| 23 | Peter Aho | Nigeria | Sierra Leone |
| University of Lagos Cricket Oval, Lagos | 24 October 2021 | Won | |
| 24 | Wanindu Hasaranga | Sri Lanka | South Africa |
| Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah | 30 October 2021 | Lost | |
| 25 | Kagiso Rabada | South Africa | England |
| Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah | 6 November 2021 | Won | |
| 26 | Hernán Fennell (1/2) | Argentina | Panama |
| Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, Antigua | 10 November 2021 | Won | |
| 27 | Jason Holder | West Indies | England |
| Kensington Oval, Bridgetown | 30 January 2022 | Won | |
| 28 | Karan KC | Nepal | Papua New Guinea |
| TU Cricket Ground, Kirtipur | 31 March 2022 | Won | |
| 29 | JJ Smit | Namibia | Uganda |
| United Ground, Windhoek | 10 April 2022 | Won | |
| 30 | Khalid Ahmadi (1/2) | Belgium | Malta |
| Royal Brussels Cricket Club, Waterloo | 12 June 2022 | Won | |
| 31 | Syazrul Idrus | Malaysia | Thailand |
| UKM-YSD Cricket Oval, Bangi | 4 July 2022 | Won | |
| 32 | Kamron Senamontree | Thailand | Maldives |
| UKM-YSD Cricket Oval, Bangi | 8 July 2022 | Lost | |
| 33 | Logan van Beek | Netherlands | Hong Kong |
| Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo | 12 July 2022 | Won | |
| 34 | Chamal Sadun | Cyprus | Turkey |
| Tikkurila Cricket Ground, Vantaa | 16 July 2022 | Won | |
| 35 | Michael Bracewell | New Zealand | Ireland |
| Stormont, Belfast | 20 July 2022 | Won | |
| 36 | Sudesh Wickramasekara | Czech Republic | Estonia |
| Tikkurila Cricket Ground, Vantaa | 28 July 2022 | Won | |
| 37 | Habib Khan | Estonia | France |
| Kerava National Cricket Ground, Kerava | 30 July 2022 | Lost | |
| 38 | Shahrukh Quddus | Kuwait | Bahrain |
| Oman Cricket Academy Ground, Muscat | 17 August 2022 | Won | |
| 39 | Karthik Meiyappan | United Arab Emirates | Sri Lanka |
| Kardinia Park, Geelong | 18 October 2022 | Lost | |
| 40 | Josh Little | Ireland | New Zealand |
| Adelaide Oval, Adelaide | 4 November 2022 | Lost | |
| 41 | Tim Southee (2/2) | New Zealand | India |
| Bay Oval, Mount Maunganui | 20 November 2022 | Lost | |
| 42 | Harsheed Chohan | Tanzania | Sierra Leone |
| Gahanga International Cricket Stadium, Kigali | 1 December 2022 | Won | |
| 43 | Rizwan Butt | Bahrain | Singapore |
| UKM-YSD Cricket Oval, Bangi | 21 December 2022 | Won | |
| 44 | Mohammad Kamran | Spain | Isle of Man |
| La Manga Club Ground, Cartagena | 26 February 2023 | Won | |
| 45 | Matt Henry | New Zealand | Pakistan |
| Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore | 14 April 2023 | Lost | |
| 46 | Saud Munir | Denmark | Norway |
| Svanholm Park, Brøndby | 18 May 2023 | Won | |
| 47 | Mark Pavlovic (1/2) | Serbia | Turkey |
| National Sports Academy, Sofia | 23 June 2023 | Won | |
| 48 | Mark Pavlovic (2/2) | Serbia | Croatia |
| National Sports Academy, Sofia | 24 June 2023 | Won | |
| 49 | Waseem Abbas (2/2) | Malta | France |
| Marsa Sports Club, Marsa | 10 July 2023 | Won | |
| 50 | Karim Janat | Afghanistan | Bangladesh |
| Sylhet International Cricket Stadium, Sylhet | 14 July 2023 | Lost | |
| 51 | Kabua Morea | Papua New Guinea | Philippines |
| Amini Park, Port Moresby | 23 July 2023 | Won | |
| 52 | Nicolaj Laegsgaard | Denmark | Jersey |
| Goldenacre Sports Ground, Edinburgh | 28 July 2023 | Lost | |
| 53 | Kenneth Waiswa | Uganda | Rwanda |
| Gahanga International Cricket Stadium, Rwanda | 20 August 2023 | Won | |
| 54 | Mohameed Taiwo | Nigeria | Sierra Leone |
| Tafawa Balewa Square Cricket Oval, Lagos | 8 October 2023 | Won | |
| 55 | Sikandar Raza | Zimbabwe | Rwanda |
| Wanderers Cricket Ground, Windhoek | 27 November 2023 | Won | |
| 56 | George Sesay | Sierra Leone | Botswana |
| Willowmoore Park, Benoni | 15 December 2023 | Won | |
| 57 | Nuwan Thushara | Sri Lanka | Bangladesh |
| Sylhet International Cricket Stadium, Sylhet | 9 March 2024 | Won | |
| 58 | Aqib Ilyas | Oman | Cambodia |
| Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 2, Al Amarat | 14 April 2024 | Won | |
| 59 | Pat Cummins (1/2) | Australia | Bangladesh |
| Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound | 20 June 2024 | Won | |
| 60 | Pat Cummins (2/2) | Australia | Afghanistan |
| Arnos Vale Stadium, Arnos Vale | 22 June 2024 | Lost | |
| 61 | Chris Jordan | England | United States |
| Kensington Oval, Bridgetown | 23 June 2024 | Won | |
| 62 | Waseem Yaqoob | Lesotho | Mali |
| Gymkhana Club Ground, Dar es Salaam | 25 September 2024 | Won | |
| 63 | Obed Harvey | Ghana | Mali |
| Gymkhana Club Ground, Dar es Salaam | 26 September 2024 | Won | |
| 64 | Lockie Ferguson | New Zealand | Sri Lanka |
| Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla | 10 November 2024 | Won | |
| 65 | Ridwan Abdulkareem | Nigeria | Saint Helena |
| University of Lagos Cricket Oval, Lagos | 23 November 2024 | Won | |
| 66 | Hernán Fennell (2/2) | Argentina | Cayman Islands |
| Hurlingham Club Ground, Buenos Aires | 15 December 2024 | Lost | |
| 67 | Sham Murari | Costa Rica | Falkland Islands |
| Los Reyes Polo Club, Guácima | 10 March 2025 | Won | |
| 68 | Khalid Ahmadi (2/2) | Belgium | Portugal |
| Stars Arena, Hofstade | 1 June 2025 | Won | |
| 69 | Arun Yadav | Tanzania | Germany |
| TCA Oval, Blantyre | 7 July 2025 | Lost | |
| 70 | Aaftab Limdawala | Malawi | Germany |
| TCA Oval, Blantyre | 10 July 2025 | Won | |
| 71 | Shahid Afridi | Germany | Malawi |
| TCA Oval, Blantyre | 13 July 2025 | Won | |
| 72 | Waji Ul Hassan | Saudi Arabia | Qatar |
| West End Park International Cricket Stadium, Doha | 18 July 2025 | Lost | |
| 73 | Mahesh Tambe | Finland | Estonia |
| Estonian National Cricket and Rugby Field, Tallinn | 27 July 2025 | Won | |
| 74 | Mohammad Nawaz | Pakistan | Afghanistan |
| Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah | 7 September 2025 | Won | |
| 75 | Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton | Namibia | Malawi |
| Harare Sports Club, Harare | 30 September 2025 | Won | |
| 76 | Owais Ahmed (1/2) | Qatar | Malaysia |
| Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 2, Al Amarat | 9 October 2025 | Won | |
| 77 | Romario Shepherd | West Indies | Bangladesh |
| Bir Shrestho Flight Lieutenant Matiur Rahman Cricket Stadium, Chittagong | 31 October 2025 | Won | |
| 78 | Owais Ahmed (2/2) | Qatar | Afghanistan |
| West End Park International Cricket Stadium, Doha | 11 November 2025 | Won | |
| 79 | Usman Tariq | Pakistan | Zimbabwe |
| Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium , Rawalpindi | 23 November 2025 | Won | |
| 80 | Lansana Lamin | Sierra Leone | Rwanda |
| Nigeria Cricket Federation Oval 1, Abuja | 8 December 2025 | Lost | |
| 81 | Gede Priandana | Indonesia | Cambodia |
| Udayana Cricket Ground, Jimbaran | 23 December 2025 | Won |
Hat-tricks by teams
| Team | Hat-tricks |
|---|---|
| New Zealand | 6 |
| Sri Lanka | |
| Australia | 5 |
| Pakistan | 4 |
| Belgium | 3 |
| Nigeria | |
| Afghanistan | 2 |
| Argentina | |
| Belgium | |
| Denmark | |
| Germany | |
| Ghana | |
| Ireland | |
| Malta | |
| Namibia | |
| Oman | |
| Papua New Guinea | |
| Qatar | |
| Serbia | |
| Sierra Leone | |
| Tanzania | |
| Uganda | |
| West Indies | |
| Bahrain | 1 |
| Costa Rica | |
| Czech Republic | |
| Cyprus | |
| England | |
| Estonia | |
| Finland | |
| India | |
| Indonesia | |
| Kenya | |
| Kuwait | |
| Lesotho | |
| Malawi | |
| Malaysia | |
| Nepal | |
| Netherlands | |
| Saudi Arabia | |
| South Africa | |
| Spain | |
| Thailand | |
| United Arab Emirates | |
| Zimbabwe | |
| Total | 81 |
Bowlers with multiple T20I hat-tricks
| Bowler | Hat-tricks |
|---|---|
| Waseem Abbas | 2 |
| Khalid Ahmadi | |
| Pat Cummins | |
| Hernán Fennell | |
| Lasith Malinga | |
| Mark Pavlovic | |
| Tim Southee |
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