Previously Harbhajan Singh and Pathan had taken
hat-tricks in Test matches for India.
"Shami's
hat-trick is of great significance as it ended a long drought of 32 years for India while eight more
hat-tricks have taken place in between," Sharma said, before adding: "It's heartening to see so much of competition among quality pace bowlers for a place in the playing XI.
Jim Wyatt and Dave Reeve both scored
hat-tricks while Graeme Walker won two.
Ronaldo has now netted eight Champions League
hat-tricks, to draw level with Messi.
The 2016 and 2017 seasons did not see any
hat-tricks but in the sixth edition, Dhaka Dynamites' youngster Aliss Al Islam bagged an incredible
hat-trick on his debut BPL match as Dynamites edged Riders out in a scintillating game during the BPL's Dhaka leg this season.
In the 112-year-history of the First Class domestic tournament (Plunket Shield), it was the first time two
hat-tricks were registered almost at the same time on the same day.
I told Toby and Stokesy that next time, 'Just try to hit the stumps'." The all-rounder was referring to Toby Roland-Jones and Ben Stokes who had been on
hat-tricks earlier in the match but couldn't complete the job.
"I have scored a few
hat-tricks in football warm-ups but this is a different sort of feeling ...
In first division action Alumni smashed nine past St Michaels without reply, Colin Walsh and James McDonald doing the damage with
hat-tricks apiece while Copperas Hill are making a late claim for the top three after they beat Eli Lilly 5-0, Wallace with a
hat-trick.
And the Championship chasers have lost others because of the tradition of gifting the matchball to scorers of
hat-tricks.
Dani Lopez is trying to make a name for himself at a much lower grade than Torres, but has just recorded the remarkable feat of scoring successive
hat-tricks for two different clubs in two different leagues.
The Warriors wing has notched three tries in the team's first two play-off matches and he will be hoping to land a rare
hat-trick of
hat-tricks against Nottingham on Friday.