Heavyweight hat-tricks - Tables

Travis Basevi

31-Jan-2006

Most valuable hat-tricks - by sum of batting averages - Tests
Most valuable hat-tricks - by sum of batting averages - ODIs

Averages and runs include matches upto when the hat-trick was taken.

Most valuable hat-tricks - by sum of batting averages - Tests
Player	Team	Opposition	Ground	Season	Scorecard	Mat	Runs	Ave
IK Pathan	India	v Pak	Karachi	2005/06	Test 1783	113	8489	130.18
Salman Butt (617 runs 34.27 ave), Younis Khan (3085 runs 46.04 ave), Mohammad Yousuf (4787 runs 49.86 ave)
GD McGrath	Aust	v WI	Perth	2000/01	Test 1520	168	11388	126.61
SL Campbell (2679 runs 33.91 ave), BC Lara (5816 runs 48.87 ave), JC Adams (2893 runs 43.83 ave)
DW Fleming	Aust	v Pak	Rawalpindi	1994/95	Test 1269	108	5575	125.16
Aamer Malik (489 runs 34.92 ave), Inzamam-ul-Haq (977 runs 46.52 ave), Saleem Malik (4109 runs 43.71 ave)
Harbhajan Singh	India	v Aust	Kolkata	2000/01	Test 1535	140	5119	119.77
RT Ponting (2475 runs 45.83 ave), AC Gilchrist (992 runs 58.35 ave), SK Warne (1652 runs 15.58 ave)
Wasim Akram	Pak	v SL	Dhaka	1998/99	Test 1450	36	1377	115.06
DA Gunawardene (80 runs 40.00 ave), WPUJC Vaas (603 runs 17.22 ave), DPMD Jayawardene (694 runs 57.83 ave)
JT Hearne	Eng	v Aust	Leeds	1899	Test 62	37	1966	108.62
C Hill (749 runs 44.05 ave), SE Gregory (971 runs 29.42 ave), MA Noble (246 runs 35.14 ave)
MJ Hoggard	Eng	v WI	Bridgetown	2003/04	Test 1694	120	7521	107.90
RR Sarwan (2675 runs 37.67 ave), S Chanderpaul (4597 runs 42.56 ave), RO Hinds (249 runs 27.66 ave)
DG Cork	Eng	v WI	Manchester	1995	Test 1301	156	8896	102.67
RB Richardson (5792 runs 44.55 ave), JR Murray (699 runs 26.88 ave), CL Hooper (2405 runs 31.23 ave)
DNT Zoysa	SL	v Zimb	Harare	1999/00	Test 1473	23	1432	91.60
TR Gripper (110 runs 18.33 ave), MW Goodwin (989 runs 43.00 ave), NC Johnson (333 runs 30.27 ave)
W Bates	Eng	v Aust	Melbourne	1882/83	Test 11	14	602	80.97
PS McDonnell (412 runs 45.77 ave), G Giffen (84 runs 14.00 ave), GJ Bonnor (106 runs 21.19 ave)
JJC Lawson	WI	v Aust	Bridgetown	2002/03	Test 1643	111	5081	77.32
B Lee (518 runs 21.58 ave), SCG MacGill (234 runs 10.17 ave), JL Langer (4329 runs 45.56 ave)
GM Griffin	SAf	v Eng	Lord's	1960	Test 493	49	1223	75.18
MJK Smith (654 runs 36.33 ave), PM Walker (46 runs 23.00 ave), FS Trueman (523 runs 15.84 ave)
CA Walsh	WI	v Aust	Brisbane	1988/89	Test 1108	67	3447	73.79
AIC Dodemaide (124 runs 20.66 ave), MRJ Veletta (127 runs 21.16 ave), GM Wood (3196 runs 31.96 ave)
H Trumble	Aust	v Eng	Melbourne	1903/04	Test 82	30	1082	72.02
BJT Bosanquet (42 runs 8.40 ave), PF Warner (444 runs 44.39 ave), AFA Lilley (596 runs 19.22 ave)
MG Hughes	Aust	v WI	Perth	1988/89	Test 1110	111	6479	71.50
CEL Ambrose (141 runs 17.62 ave), BP Patterson (56 runs 7.00 ave), CG Greenidge (6282 runs 46.88 ave)
JEC Franklin	NZ	v Bang	Dhaka	2004/05	Test 1715	30	773	66.94
Manjural Islam Rana (147 runs 36.75 ave), Mohammad Rafique (375 runs 19.73 ave), Tapash Baisya (251 runs 10.45 ave)
AM Blignaut	Zimb	v Bang	Harare	2003/04	Test 1683	31	1319	66.20
Hannan Sarkar (603 runs 25.12 ave), Mohammad Ashraful (592 runs 20.41 ave), Mushfiqur Rahman (124 runs 20.66 ave)
SK Warne	Aust	v Eng	Melbourne	1994/95	Test 1279	73	1118	63.41
PAJ DeFreitas (787 runs 14.30 ave), D Gough (173 runs 43.25 ave), DE Malcolm (158 runs 5.85 ave)
PJ Petherick	NZ	v Pak	Lahore	1976/77	Test 782	51	1906	62.82
Javed Miandad (0 runs no ave), Wasim Raja (429 runs 39.00 ave), Intikhab Alam (1477 runs 23.82 ave)
LR Gibbs	WI	v Aust	Adelaide	1960/61	Test 504	48	1556	55.27
KD Mackay (1088 runs 34.00 ave), ATW Grout (468 runs 21.27 ave), FM Misson (0 runs no ave)
Wasim Akram	Pak	v SL	Lahore	1998/99	Test 1447	59	1747	53.03
RS Kaluwitharana (1214 runs 31.94 ave), MRCN Bandaratilleke (52 runs 10.40 ave), GP Wickramasinghe (481 runs 10.68 ave)
D Gough	Eng	v Aust	Sydney	1998/99	Test 1439	122	4398	51.93
IA Healy (4254 runs 29.54 ave), SCG MacGill (127 runs 18.14 ave), CR Miller (17 runs 4.25 ave)
J Briggs	Eng	v Aust	Sydney	1891/92	Test 36	31	697	49.68
WF Giffen (2 runs 1.00 ave), ST Callaway (34 runs 34.00 ave), JM Blackham (661 runs 14.68 ave)
PJ Loader	Eng	v WI	Leeds	1957	Test 442	59	1144	45.68
JDC Goddard (854 runs 32.84 ave), S Ramadhin (274 runs 8.83 ave), R Gilchrist (16 runs 4.00 ave)
TWJ Goddard	Eng	v SAf	Johannesburg	1938/39	Test 267	9	675	45.00
AD Nourse (675 runs 45.00 ave), N Gordon (0 runs no ave), WW Wade (0 runs no ave)
Mohammad Sami	Pak	v SL	Lahore	2001/02	Test 1592	97	956	44.29
TCB Fernando (46 runs 23.00 ave), DNT Zoysa (207 runs 8.27 ave), M Muralitharan (703 runs 13.01 ave)
Abdul Razzaq	Pak	v SL	Galle	2000	Test 1501	60	1726	41.05
RS Kaluwitharana (1557 runs 28.83 ave), HMRKB Herath (3 runs 3.00 ave), KR Pushpakumara (166 runs 9.22 ave)
H Trumble	Aust	v Eng	Melbourne	1901/02	Test 66	4	87	41.00
AO Jones (40 runs 20.00 ave), JR Gunn (21 runs 21.00 ave), SF Barnes (26 runs no ave)
LF Kline	Aust	v SAf	Cape Town	1957/58	Test 445	49	787	32.44
ERH Fuller (59 runs 9.83 ave), HJ Tayfield (654 runs 17.67 ave), NAT Adcock (74 runs 4.93 ave)
WW Hall	WI	v Pak	Lahore	1958/59	Test 473	30	588	26.30
Mushtaq Mohammad (0 runs no ave), Fazal Mahmood (504 runs 18.66 ave), Nasim-ul-Ghani (84 runs 7.63 ave)
TJ Matthews	Aust	v SAf	Manchester	1912	Test 121	5	146	20.85
R Beaumont (0 runs no ave), SJ Pegler (146 runs 20.85 ave), TA Ward (0 runs no ave)
FR Spofforth	Aust	v Eng	Melbourne	1878/79	Test 3	2	73	18.25
VPFA Royle (0 runs no ave), FA MacKinnon (0 runs no ave), T Emmett (73 runs 18.25 ave)
TJ Matthews	Aust	v SAf	Manchester	1912	Test 121	17	322	15.33
HW Taylor (0 runs no ave), RO Schwarz (322 runs 15.33 ave), TA Ward (0 runs no ave)
Alok Kapali	Bang	v Pak	Peshawar	2003	Test 1657	13	59	14.83
Shabbir Ahmed (6 runs 6.00 ave), Danish Kaneria (53 runs 8.83 ave), Umar Gul (0 runs 0.00 ave)
GA Lohmann	Eng	v SAf	Port Elizabeth	1895/96	Test 47	0	0	0.00
FJ Cook (0 runs no ave), J Middleton (0 runs no ave), JT Willoughby (0 runs no ave)
MJC Allom	Eng	v NZ	Christchurch	1929/30	Test 186	0	0	0.00
TC Lowry (0 runs no ave), KC James (0 runs no ave), FT Badcock (0 runs no ave)

Averages and runs include matches upto when the hat-trick was taken.

Most valuable hat-tricks - by sum of batting averages - ODIs
Player	Team	Opposition	Ground	Season	Scorecard	Mat	Runs	Ave
EA Brandes	Zimb	v Eng	Harare	1996/97	ODI 1158	16	493	117.39
NV Knight (277 runs 69.25 ave), JP Crawley (117 runs 23.39 ave), N Hussain (99 runs 24.75 ave)
Aaqib Javed	Pak	v India	Sharjah	1991/92	ODI 685	264	5989	94.94
RJ Shastri (2672 runs 29.68 ave), M Azharuddin (2891 runs 34.83 ave), SR Tendulkar (426 runs 30.42 ave)
AM Stuart	Aust	v Pak	Melbourne	1996/97	ODI 1164	240	4933	91.43
Ijaz Ahmed (3926 runs 31.40 ave), Mohammad Wasim (246 runs 41.00 ave), Moin Khan (761 runs 19.02 ave)
Wasim Akram	Pak	v WI	Sharjah	1989/90	ODI 570	265	2303	58.66
PJL Dujon (1549 runs 24.58 ave), MD Marshall (667 runs 16.67 ave), CEL Ambrose (87 runs 17.39 ave)
B Lee	Aust	v Kenya	Durban	2002/03	ODI 1990	92	1783	57.54
KO Otieno (1385 runs 25.64 ave), BJ Patel (247 runs 22.45 ave), DO Obuya (151 runs 9.43 ave)
C Sharma	India	v NZ	Nagpur	1987/88	ODI 474	154	1071	57.38
KR Rutherford (509 runs 29.94 ave), IDS Smith (450 runs 15.00 ave), EJ Chatfield (112 runs 12.44 ave)
Saqlain Mushtaq	Pak	v Zimb	Peshawar	1996/97	ODI 1136	54	1091	54.91
GW Flower (1005 runs 27.91 ave), JA Rennie (81 runs 27.00 ave), AR Whittall (5 runs no ave)
JM Anderson	Eng	v Pak	The Oval	2003	ODI 2026	247	2733	54.75
Abdul Razzaq (2439 runs 27.71 ave), Shoaib Akhtar (225 runs 13.23 ave), Mohammad Sami (69 runs 13.80 ave)
SJ Harmison	Eng	v India	Nottingham	2004	ODI 2164	144	1529	53.75
M Kaif (1383 runs 29.42 ave), L Balaji (77 runs 12.83 ave), A Nehra (69 runs 11.50 ave)
N Kapil Dev	India	v SL	Kolkata	1990/91	ODI 661	125	1786	53.44
RS Mahanama (1174 runs 25.52 ave), RJ Ratnayake (513 runs 15.54 ave), ST Jayasuriya (99 runs 12.37 ave)
WPUJC Vaas	SL	v Zimb	Colombo (SSC)	2001/02	ODI 1776	153	3331	49.97
SV Carlisle (2118 runs 27.50 ave), CB Wishart (1191 runs 22.47 ave), T Taibu (22 runs no ave)
Jalal-ud-Din	Pak	v Aust	Hyderabad (Sind)	1982/83	ODI 158	77	807	49.69
RW Marsh (685 runs 17.56 ave), B Yardley (58 runs 19.33 ave), GF Lawson (64 runs 12.80 ave)
Mohammad Sami	Pak	v WI	Sharjah	2001/02	ODI 1808	138	1537	40.33
RD Jacobs (1450 runs 24.16 ave), CD Collymore (32 runs 10.66 ave), CE Cuffy (55 runs 5.50 ave)
WPUJC Vaas	SL	v Bang	Pietermaritzburg	2002/03	ODI 1950	19	266	40.14
Hannan Sarkar (53 runs 10.59 ave), Mohammad Ashraful (171 runs 15.54 ave), Ehsanul Haque (42 runs 14.00 ave)
BA Reid	Aust	v NZ	Sydney	1985/86	ODI 359	19	125	39.58
BR Blair (88 runs 29.33 ave), EB McSweeney (25 runs 6.25 ave), SR Gillespie (12 runs 4.00 ave)
Waqar Younis	Pak	v NZ	East London	1994/95	ODI 966	124	1000	36.86
CZ Harris (804 runs 23.64 ave), C Pringle (184 runs 10.22 ave), RP de Groen (12 runs 3.00 ave)
DK Morrison	NZ	v India	Napier	1993/94	ODI 896	229	3747	31.88
N Kapil Dev (3730 runs 24.22 ave), SA Ankola (14 runs 4.66 ave), NR Mongia (3 runs 3.00 ave)
Saqlain Mushtaq	Pak	v Zimb	The Oval	1999	ODI 1479	48	47	21.79
HK Olonga (14 runs 14.00 ave), AG Huckle (9 runs 3.00 ave), M Mbangwa (24 runs 4.79 ave)
CK Langeveldt	SAf	v WI	Bridgetown	2004/05	ODI 2243	85	177	18.66
IDR Bradshaw (105 runs 13.12 ave), DB Powell (0 runs no ave), CD Collymore (72 runs 5.53 ave)
Wasim Akram	Pak	v Aust	Sharjah	1989/90	ODI 631	122	108	15.49
MG Hughes (47 runs 9.40 ave), CG Rackemann (34 runs 3.39 ave), TM Alderman (27 runs 2.70 ave)

Averages and runs include matches upto when the hat-trick was taken.