Taijul Islam 1st to take hat-trick on ODI debut; 4th on international debut across formats
Taijul Islam 1st to take hat-trick on ODI debut
Dec 1, 2014
Bangladesh bowler Taijul Islam on Monday created record when he became the only fourth bowler in cricket history to register hat-trick in debut match in international cricket. Taijul also became the first bowler in One-Day International (ODI) history to achieve this feat.
Taijul claimed four for 11 off his seven overs to help Bangladesh bundle out Zimbabwe for paltry 128 in the fifth and final ODI at the Shere Bangla National Stadium in Dhaka. Taijul returned with the figures of 7-2-11-4 after the hosts were asked to bowl first.
England’s Maurice Allom, New Zealand’s Peter Petherick and Australian pacer Damien Fleming are the only bowlers to have achieved this feat in international cricket. All three bowlers recorded their achievements in Test cricket.
Here’s a table of bowlers taking hat-trick on debut:
| Bowler | Format | Team | Against | Wicket 1 | Wicket 2 | Wicket 3 | Venue | Season |
| Maurice Allom | Test | Eng | NZ | Tom Lowry (LBW) | Ken James (c Tich Cornford) | Ted Badcock (bowled) | Christchurch | 1929-30 |
| Peter Petherick | Test | NZ | Pak | Javed Miandad (c Richard Hadlee) | Wasim Raja (c & b) | Intikhab Alam (c Geoff Howarth) | Lahore | 1976-77 |
| Damien Fleming | Test | Pak | Aus | Aamer Malik (c Michael Bevan) | Inzamam-ul-Haq (LBW) | Saleem Malik (c Ian Healy) | Rawalpindi | 1994-95 |
| Taijul Islam | ODI | Ban | Zim | Tinashe Panyangara (bowled) | John Nyumbu (LBW) | Tendai Chatara (bowled) | Dhaka | 2014-15 |
| Note: Allom took four wickets in five balls: he bowled Stewie Dempster; Lowry lasted two balls, after which the hat-trick followed. | ||||||||