On this day in 1879, Australian fast bowler Fred Spofforth dismissed three English batsmen with consecutive deliveries at the Melbourne Cricket Ground to complete Test cricket's first "hat-trick".

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Gus Atkinson became the 14th different men's bowler to take a Test hat-trick for England Gus Atkinson took the 15th Test hat-trick by an England men's bowler to rattle through the New Zealand tail on ...

You may have noticed that the 2023-24 Premier League season was blessed with what feels like an inordinately high number of hat tricks scored. In April alone we witnessed three top-flight trebles in ...

Irfan Pathan is mobbed by his team-mates after taking a hat-trick in the first over of the 2006 Karachi Test AFP The article is presented in three parts. In the first, I present tables created using ...

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You may have noticed that the 2023-24 Premier League season was blessed with what feels like an inordinately high number of hat tricks scored. Despite spending just two seasons as a Premier League ...