List of bowlers with ODI hat-tricks ft. Maheesh Theekshana

The second ODI of the NZ vs SL series saw some exciting and memorable moments as Sri Lankan spinner Maheesh Theekshana struck against the hosts and took a hat-trick. The mystery spinner finished the game with career-best figures of 4-44 from eight overs and restricted the Kiwis to a total of 255-9. It all started with Mitchell Santner, who was caught at deep cover, followed by Nathan Smith, who was caught by Kamindu Mendis off a carrom ball. Finally, Menry became the victim of Theekshana on the 36.1 ball of Teekshana, completing his hat-trick.

Take a look at all the Sri Lankan players and international cricketers who have taken a hat-trick for their respective teams.

Sri Lankan bowlers to take a hat-trick in ODIs

Theekshana became Sri Lanka’s seventh bowler to take a men’s ODI hat-trick, following Chaminda Vaas (twice), Lasith Malinga (thrice), Farveez Maharoof, Thisara Perera, Wanindu Hasaranga, and Shehan Madushanka.

Player	Number of Hat-tricks
Chaminda Vaas	2
Lasith Malinga	3
Farvez Maharoof	1
Thisara Perera	1
Wanindu Hasaranga	1
Shehan Madushanka	1
Maheesh Theekshana	1

List of bowlers with ODI hat-tricks

Player	Match	Venue	Date
Jalal-ud-Din	Pakistan v Australia	Hyderabad (P)	20/09/1982
Bruce Reid	Australia v New Zealand	Sydney	29/01/1986
Chetan Sharma	India v New Zealand	Nagpur	31/10/1987
Wasim Akram	Pakistan v West Indies	Sharjah	14/10/1989
Wasim Akram	Pakistan v Australia	Sharjah	04/05/1990
Kapil Dev	India v Sri Lanka	Calcutta	04/01/1991
Aaqib Javed	Pakistan v India	Sharjah	25/10/1991
DK Morrison	New Zealand v India	Napier	25/03/1994
Waqar Younis	Pakistan v New Zealand	East London	19/12/1994
Saqlain Mushtaq	Pakistan v Zimbabwe	Peshawar	03/11/1996
Eddo Brandes	Zimbabwe v England	Harare	03/01/1997
Anthony Stuart	Australia v Pakistan	Melbourne	16/01/1997
Saqlain Mushtaq	Pakistan v Zimbabwe	The Oval	11/06/1999
Chaminda Vaas	Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe	Colombo (SSC)	08/12/2001
Mohammad Sami	Pakistan v West Indies	Sharjah	15/02/2002
Chaminda Vaas	Sri Lanka v Bangladesh	Pietermaritzburg	14/02/2003
Brett Lee	Australia v Kenya	Durban	15/03/2003
James Anderson	England v Pakistan	The Oval	20/06/2003
Steve Harmison	England v India	Nottingham	01/09/2004
Charl Langeveldt	South Africa v West Indies	Barbados	11/05/2005
Shahadat Hossain	Bangladesh v Zimbabwe	Harare	02/08/2006
Jerome Taylor	West Indies v Australia	Mumbai (BS)	18/10/2006
Shane Bond	New Zealand v Australia	Hobart	14/01/2007
Lasith Malinga	Sri Lanka v South Africa	Guyana	28/03/2007
Andrew Flintoff	England v West Indies	St Lucia	03/04/2009
Farveez Maharoof	Sri Lanka v India	Dambulla	22/06/2010
Abdur Razzak	Bangladesh v Zimbabwe	Dhaka	03/12/2010
Kemar Roach	West Indies v Netherlands	Delhi	28/02/2011
Lasith Malinga	Sri Lanka v Kenya	Colombo (RPS)	01/03/2011
Lasith Malinga	Sri Lanka v Australia	Colombo (RPS)	22/08/2011
Dan Christian	Australia v Sri Lanka	Melbourne	02/03/2012
Thisara Perera	Sri Lanka v Pakistan	Colombo (RPS)	16/06/2012
Clint McKay	Australia v England	Cardiff	14/09/2013
Rubel Hossain	Bangladesh v New Zealand	Dhaka	29/10/2013
Prosper Utseya	Zimbabwe v South Africa	Harare	29/08/2014
Taijul Islam	Bangladesh v Zimbabwe	Dhaka	01/12/2014
Steven Finn	England v Australia	Melbourne	14/02/2015
JP Duminy	South Africa v Sri Lanka	Sydney	18/03/2015
Kagiso Rabada	South Africa v Bangladesh	Mirpur	10/07/2015
James Faulkner	Australia v Sri Lanka	Colombo (RPS)	24/08/2016
Taskin Ahmed	Bangladesh v Sri Lanka	Dambulla	28/03/2017
Wanindu Hasaranga	Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe	Galle	02/07/2017
Kuldeep Yadav	India v Australia	Kolkata	21/09/2017
Shehan Madushanka	Sri Lanka v Bangladesh	Dhaka	27/01/2018
Imran Tahir	South Africa v Zimbabwe	Bloemfontein	03/10/2018
Trent Boult	New Zealand v Pakistan	Abu Dhabi	07/11/2018
Mohammed Shami	India v Afghanistan	Southampton	22/06/2019
Trent Boult	New Zealand v Australia	Lord’s	29/06/2019
Kuldeep Yadav	India v West Indies	Visakhapatnam	18/12/2019
Wessly Madhevere	Zimbabwe v Netherlands	Harare	23/03/2023
Maheesh Theekshana	Sri Lanka v New Zealand	Hamilton	08/01/2025