A hat-trick in cricket is when a bowler takes three wickets from consecutive deliveries. It is a relatively rare feat in women's international cricket. The first hat-trick was taken in a Test match between Australia and England in February 1958, by Australia's Betty Wilson. Two further hat-tricks have been taken in women's Tests; by Pakistan's Shaiza Khan in 2004, and Australia's Rene Farrell in 2011. The first hat-trick in women's One Day Internationals was taken by Carole Hodges during the 1993 Women's Cricket World Cup.
In September 2019, against the West Indies, Megan Schutt became the first female bowler to take two hat-tricks in international cricket.
The most recent bowler to achieve the feat was New Zealand's Amelia Kerr, against Zimbabwe during a Women's One Day International (WODI) in March 2026.
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Notation Meaning Inn. The innings of the match in which the player took her hat-trick. Dismissals The three players dismissed by the bowler, with the method of dismissal in parentheses. Date The date on which the match began. * The match was part of the Women's Cricket World Cup or the ICC Women's World Twenty20. S The hat-trick was split over two overs.
Notation Meaning b Bowled lbw Leg before wicket c & b Caught, by the bowler c Player Caught, by the fielder noted c sub Caught, by a substitute fielder st Player Stumped, by the fielder noted † Indicates that the noted fielder is the designated wicket-keeper
Hat-tricks Tests + Women's Test cricket hat-tricksNo.BowlerForAgainstInn.MatchDismissalsVenueDateRef. 1 2 2/4 Edna Barker (b) Joan Hawes (st †Nell Massey) Dorothy Macfarlane (lbw) St Kilda Cricket Club Ground, Melbourne 2 S 2 1/1 Verena Felicien (c Nazia Nazir) Doris Francis (b) Stephanie Power (c Sadia Butt) National Stadium, Karachi 3 3 1/1 Charlotte Edwards (lbw) Katherine Brunt (b) Danielle Hazell (lbw) Bankstown Oval, Sydney
One Day Internationals + Women's One Day International cricket hat-tricksNo.BowlerForAgainstInn.DismissalsVenueDateRef. 1 2 Susanne Nielsen (c Karen Smithies) Pia Thomsen (c Barbara Daniels) Heidi Kjaer (c Gill Smith) Recreation Ground, Banstead * 2 1 Eugena Gregg (lbw) Cherry-Ann Singh (lbw) Patricia Felicien (lbw) Civil Service Sports Ground, Chiswick * 3 1 Zoe Goss (c †Sarah Illingworth) Jo Garey (lbw) Joanne Broadbent (st †Sarah Illingworth) Adelaide Oval, Adelaide 4 1 Rupi Shastri (b) Hemlata Kala (c Lucy Pearson) Anjum Chopra (c Laura Newton) County Ground, Northampton 5 2 Laura Harper (c Barbara McDonald) Ebony Rainford-Brent (b) Sarah Clarke (b) Bradfield College, Reading 6 1 Asmavia Iqbal (lbw) Qanita Jalil (b) Sadia Yousuf (c Helmien Rambaldo) University No 2 Ground, Stellenbosch 7 1 2 Shaquana Quintyne (b) Anisa Mohammed (b) Tremayne Smartt (lbw) Warner Park, Basseterre 8 1 Anna Peterson (b) Erin Bermingham (c Nilakshi de Silva) Lea Tahuhu (c Ama Kanchana) Bert Sutcliffe Oval, Lincoln 9 2 Kim Garth (lbw) Clare Shillington (lbw) Mary Waldron (lbw) Shaw's Bridge Lower Ground, Belfast 10 1 Aliya Riaz (c Shabnim Ismail) Omaima Sohail (c †Sinalo Jafta) Sidra Nawaz (c †Sinalo Jafta) Senwes Park, Potchefstroom 11 1 Chinelle Henry (b) Karishma Ramharack (c Ellyse Perry) Afy Fletcher (b) Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, Antigua 12 1 Marizanne Kapp (c Sophie Ecclestone) Nadine de Klerk (c Heather Knight) Sinalo Jafta (lbw) Kingsmead Cricket Ground, Durban 13 2 Dewmi Vihanga (c Nadine de Klerk) Sugandika Kumari (c Nadine de Klerk) Malki Madara (c †Sinalo Jafta) R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo 14 2 Adel Zimunu (b) Audrey Mazvishaya (lbw) Tendai Makusha (b) University of Otago Oval, Dunedin
1 Dane van Niekerk took 4 wickets in 5 balls during this spell. She dismissed Shemaine Campbelle (st †Trisha Chetty) and bowled a dot ball before she took the hat-trick.
Twenty20 Internationals
As of June 2026, 62 hat-tricks have been taken in over 2,800 WT20I matches.
See also List of Test cricket hat-tricks List of One Day International cricket hat-tricks
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