list of women's international cricket hat-tricks#Twenty20 Internationals
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A hat-trick in cricket is when a bowler takes three wickets from consecutive deliveries. It is a relatively rare feat{{cite book |title=Cricket, Literature and Culture: Symbolising the Nation, Destabilising Empire |url=https://archive.org/details/cricketliteratur00bate |url-access=limited |last=Bateman |first=Anthony |page=[https://archive.org/details/cricketliteratur00bate/page/n100 88] |publisher=Ashgate Publishing |location=Farnham |year=2009 |isbn=978-0-7546-6537-3}} in women's international cricket.{{efn|Test,{{cite web |url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/498137.html |title=Records / Women's Test matches / Bowling records / Hat-tricks|publisher=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=15 February 2015}} One Day Internationals,{{cite web |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/records/hat-tricks-936009|title=Records / Women's One-Day Internationals / Bowling records / Hat-tricks|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=15 February 2015}} and Twenty20 Internationals.{{cite web |url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/581290.html |title=Records / Women's Twenty20 Internationals / Bowling records / Hat-tricks |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=15 February 2015}}|name=combined}} The first hat-trick was taken in a Test match between Australia and England in February 1958, by Australia's Betty Wilson.{{cite web |url=http://www.cricketcountry.com/articles/betty-wilson-becomes-first-cricketer-to-score-century-and-take-10-wickets-in-a-test-match-102213 |title=Betty Wilson becomes first cricketer to score century and take 10 wickets in a Test match |last=Mukherjee |first=Sudatta |publisher=Cricket Country |date=24 February 2014 |access-date=16 February 2015}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.cricket.com.au/news/megan-schutt-second-international-hat-trick-australia-west-indies-odi-video/2019-09-12 |title=Schutt makes history with maiden ODI hat-trick |work=Cricket Australia |access-date=11 September 2019}}
The most recent bowler to achieve the feat was South Africa's Chloe Tryon, against Sri Lanka during a Women's One Day International (WODI) in May 2025.{{efn|name=combined}}
Key
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scope="col" style="width:75px" | Notation
! scope="col" style="width:500px" | Meaning |
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scope="row" | Inn.
| The innings of the match in which the player took her hat-trick. |
scope="row" | Dismissals
| The three players dismissed by the bowler, with the method of dismissal in parentheses. |
scope="row" | Date
| The date on which the match began. |
scope="row" style="background:#def;" | | The match was part of the Women's Cricket World Cup or the ICC Women's World Twenty20. |
scope="row" | S
| The hat-trick was split over two overs. |
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scope="col" style="width:75px" | Notation
! scope="col" style="width:500px" | Meaning |
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scope="row" | b
| Bowled |
scope="row" | lbw |
scope="row" | c & b
| Caught, by the bowler |
scope="row" | c Player
| Caught, by the fielder noted |
scope="row" | c sub
| Caught, by a substitute fielder |
scope="row" | st Player
| Stumped, by the fielder noted |
scope="row" | †
| Indicates that the noted fielder is the designated wicket-keeper |
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Hat-tricks
=Tests=
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|+ Women's Test cricket hat-tricks ! scope="col" style="width:20px;"|No. ! scope="col" style="width:100px;"|Bowler ! scope="col" style="width:100px;"|For ! scope="col" style="width:100px;"|Against ! scope="col" style="width:20px;"|Inn. ! scope="col" style="width:20px;" class="unsortable"|Match ! scope="col" style="width:290px;" class="unsortable"|Dismissals ! scope="col" style="width:290px;"|Venue ! scope="col" style="width:110px;"|Date ! scope="col" style="width:10px;" class="unsortable"|Ref. | ||||||||
| 1
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Betty|Wilson}} | {{crw|AUS}} | {{crw|ENG}} | 2 | 2/4 | * Edna Barker (b)
| {{flagicon|AUS}} St Kilda Cricket Club Ground, Melbourne | {{dts|format=dmy|1958|02|21}} | {{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/67422.html |title=Women's Ashes – 2nd Test: Australia Women v England Women |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=15 February 2015}} |
| 2
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Shaiza|Khan}}{{nbsp}}S | {{crw|PAK}} | {{crw|WIN}} | 2 | 1/1 | * Verena Felicien (c Nazia Nazir)
| {{flagicon|PAK}} National Stadium, Karachi | {{dts|format=dmy|2004|03|15}} | {{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/67521.html |title=West Indies Women in Pakistan Women's Test Match: Pakistan Women v West Indies Women |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=15 February 2015}} |
| 3
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Rene|Farrell}} | {{crw|AUS}} | {{crw|ENG}} | 3 | 1/1 | * Charlotte Edwards (lbw)
| {{flagicon|AUS}} Bankstown Oval, Sydney | {{dts|format=dmy|2011|01|22}} | {{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/474625.html |title=Women's Ashes: Australia Women v England Women |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=15 February 2015}} |
=One Day Internationals=
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=
{{main|List of Women's Twenty20 International cricket hat-tricks}}
As of October 2024, 45 hat-tricks have been taken in over 2,100 WT20I matches.
See also
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