List of players who claimed hat-trick against WI in Test: West Indies cricket team was in a bad condition in the third Test against Australia. The Caribbean team collapsed for just 27 runs against Australia at Kings Park. Only New Zealand has been out for a lower score than this in Test cricket.
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Test hat-trick against West Indies
Mitchell Starc and Scott Boland were responsible for this bad condition of West Indies. Starc completed a five-wicket haul in just 15 balls. Scott Boland supported him well and also made three wickets in three balls. With this, he also became the ninth bowler to take a Test with three wickets in three balls against West Indies. In this article, we are going to tell about all those nine bowlers.
1 The first hat-trick against West Indies was taken in the year 1957. This feat was done by England’s fast bowler Peter Loader.
2 On the 1988-89 tour, Australia’s Merv Hughes became the second bowler to take a three wickets in three balls against West Indies.
3 In 1995, England fast bowler Dominic Cork achieved this feat and became the third player to take a Test hat-trick against West Indies.
4 In 2000-01, Australian legend Glenn McGrath also included his name in this list.
5 In 2002-03, England’s Matthew Hoggard also came in this list. He also took a hat-trick against West Indies.
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6 In the year 2019, this list got its sixth member. Indian fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah took a hat-trick against the Caribbean team in Kingston itself.
7 Keshav Maharaj is the seventh bowler in this list. The South African spinner did this feat in the year 2021.
8 After this, Pakistani bowler Nomani Ali took a hat-trick against West Indies this year.
9 The latest entry in this list is made by Australia’s Scott Boland. He also took a hat-trick against West Indies and made this list of nine bowlers.
If we look at the list of bowlers who took hat-tricks against West Indies, England and Australia dominate it. Bowlers from both the countries have done this feat three times each. While bowlers from South Africa, Pakistan and India are in this list once each.
