Steven Finn’s hat-trick and related records

Steven Finn's hat-trick turned out to be the eighth such instance in a World Cup.

Steven Finn conceded 71 runs picking up five wickets that included a hat-trick. Bharath Seervi lists all expensive figures that included a hat-trick and other related statistics.

It was the opening day of ICC World Cup 2015, the second match of the day but the first in Australia at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG). England put Australia to bat first after winning the toss. Australian batsmen dominated the English bowlers. Till the 49th over all the five English bowlers — James Anderson, Stuart Broad, Steven Finn, Chris Woakes and Moeen Ali — conceded more than 60 runs and Australia were nearing the 350-run mark.

At the beginning of the final over of the innings Australia were 336 for four with Glenn Maxwell and Brad Haddin adding over 60 runs in the last five overs. Finn had conceded 63 runs in nine overs and picked up two wickets. The Australians hit eight off the first three balls and tried to get more of the last three.

Finn came back strongly to take three wickets off the next three balls, finishing his spell with a hat-trick. It is interesting to note that 71 runs conceded by Finn are the most by any bowler who took a hat-trick in that innings in One-Day Internationals (ODIs).

Most expensive figures to include a hat-trick in ODIs (50 or more runs)

Figures	Player	For	Against	Venue	Date	Result
5/71	Steve Finn	England	Australia	Melbourne	14-02-15	Lost
5/62	Charl Langeveldt	South Africa	West Indies	Barbados	11-05-05	Won
4/61	Shane Bond	New Zealand	Australia	Hobart	14-01-07	Lost
4/54	Lasith Malinga	Sri Lanka	South Africa	Guyana	28-03-07	Lost
3/52	Shahadat Hossain	Bangladesh	Zimbabwe	Harare	02-08-06	Lost
3/51	Chetan Sharma	India	New Zealand	Nagpur	31-10-87	Won

Charl Langeveldt also took hat-trick on the last three balls of the match and denied West Indies to score two runs to win.

Therefore, South Africa won the match by one run. The next three cases of Shane Bond, Lasith Malinga (four wickets in four balls) and Shahadat Hossain also resulted in loss for their teams whereas Chetan Sharma‘s efforts were on winning side.
Least runs conceded in an innings to contain a hat-trick is four for 11 by Tajiul Islam — on his ODI debut!

Hat-tricks in World Cups

Bowler	For	Against	Venue	Date	Result
Chetan Sharma	India	New Zealand	Nagpur	31-10-87	Won
Saqlain Mushtaq	Pakistan	Zimbabwe	The Oval	11-06-99	Won
Chaminda Vaas	Sri Lanka	Bangladesh	Pietermaritzburg	14-02-03	Won
Brett Lee	Australia	Kenya	Durban	15-03-03	Won
Lasith Malinga	Sri Lanka	South Africa	Guyana	28-03-07	Lost
Kemar Roach	West Indies	Netherlands	Delhi	28-02-11	Won
Lasith Malinga	Sri Lanka	Kenya	Colombo (RPS)	01-03-11	Won
Steven Finn	England	Australia	Melbourne	14-02-15	Lost

Lasith Malinga is the only bowler to take two hat-tricks in World Cups.

Hat-Trick in last three balls of the innings

Figures	Bowler	For	Against	Venue	Date	Result
3/45	Wasim Akram	Pakistan	Australia	Sharjah	04-05-90	Won
4/33	Waqar Younis	Pakistan	New Zealand	East London	19-12-94	Won
3/16	Saqlain Mushtaq	Pakistan	Zimbabwe	The Oval	11-06-99	Won
4/44	Mohammad Sami	Pakistan	West Indies	Sharjah	15-02-02	Won
4/27	James Anderson	England	Pakistan	The Oval	20-06-03	Won
3/41	Steve Harmison	England	India	Nottingham	01-09-04	Won
5/62	Charl Langeveldt	South Africa	West Indies	Barbados	11-05-05	Won
6/27	Kemar Roach	West Indies	Netherlands	Delhi	28-02-11	Won
5/71	Steven Finn	England	Australia	Melbourne	14-02-15	Lost

Four Englishmen have taken hat-trick in ODIs. Three of them claimed hat-tricks in the last three balls of the innings. Last three balls of the innings denote either the last three balls of the complete innings (49.4, 49.5 and 49.6) or the last three wickets to fell that completed the innings.

Chaminda Vaas is the only bowler to take a hat-trick on the first three balls of an innings — against Bangladesh in World Cup 2003.

Highest total to include a hat-trick

Australia’s total of 342 for nine is the only total of more than 300 that contained a hat-trick of wickets by the opposition bowler. The previous highest also involved Australia in which they scored 289 for eight that included a hat-trick for Shane Bond of New Zealand in 2007.

Total	Bowler	For	Against	Venue	Date	Result
342/9	Steven Finn	England	Australia	Melbourne	14-02-15	Lost
289/8	Shane Bond	New Zealand	Australia	Hobart	14-01-07	Lost
283	Charl Langeveldt	South Africa	West Indies	Barbados	11-05-05	Won
239	Wasim Akram	Pakistan	West Indies	Sharjah	14-10-89	Won
238/8	Shahadat Hossain	Bangladesh	Zimbabwe	Harare	02-08-06	Lost
238	Daniel Christian	Australia	Sri Lanka	Melbourne	02-03-12	Lost

Hat-tricks in losing causes

Steven Finn’s efforts could not produce victory for his side though. His hat-trick is the seventh to come in losing cause for a team.

Bowler	For	Against	Venue	Date	Losing Margin
Shahadat Hossain	Bangladesh	Zimbabwe	Harare	02-08-06	2 wkts
Shane Bond	New Zealand	Australia	Hobart	14-01-07	105 runs
Lasith Malinga	Sri Lanka	South Africa	Guyana	28-03-07	1 wkt
Daniel Christian	Australia	Sri Lanka	Melbourne	02-03-12	9 runs
Clint McKay	Australia	England	Cardiff	14-09-13	3 wkts
Prosper Utseya	Zimbabwe	South Africa	Harare	29-08-14	61 runs
Steven Finn	England	Australia	Melbourne	14-02-15	111 runs

Lasith Malinga had taken four wickets in four balls but could not resist the opposition South Africa to win by one wicket.

Footnote:

On February 14, 2003 Chaminda Vaas took a hat-trick on the first three balls of the innings against Bangladesh and on February 14, 2015 Steven Finn took a hat-trick on the last three balls of the innings, both in World Cups! What better way to impress your partners on, er, forget it.

(Bharath Seervi is a cricket statistician who is obsessed with digging numbers, facts and records related to the game. An active member of Society of Cricket Statisticians of India, he blogs at www.cricketseervistats.blogspot.com. He can be followed on Twitter at www.twitter.com/SeerviBharath and on Facebook at www.facebook.com/SeerviCricket)

 

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