Saqlain Mushtaq has become the second bowler after Wasim Akram to take two hat-tricks in a LOI career. Also, he is the second after Chetan Sharma to take a World-cup-hat-trick. Interestingly, Saqlain is also the only spinner to take a hat-trick in LOI matches. Overall, this was the 13th hat-trick in LOI cricket, the details of which are as follows:

Sr No Bowler           Teams       Venue         Season

  1   Jalal-ud-Din     Pak v Aus   Hyderabad    1982-83
  2   BA Reid          Aus v NZ    Sydney       1985-86
  3   C Sharma         Ind v NZ    Nagpur       1987-88
  4   Wasim Akram      Pak v WI    Sharjah      1989-90
  5   Wasim Akram      Pak v Aus   Sharjah      1989-90
  6   Kapil Dev        Ind v SL    Calcutta     1990-91
  7   Aqib Javed       Pak v Ind   Sharjah      1991-92
  8   DK Morrison      NZ  v Ind   Napier       1993-94
  9   Waqar Younis     Pak v NZ    East London  1994-95
 10   Saqlain Mushtaq  Pak v Zim   Peshawar     1996-97
 11   EA Brandes       Zim v Eng   Harare       1996-97
 12   AM Stuart        Aus v Pak   Melbourne    1996-97
 13   Saqlain Mushtaq  Pak v Zim   The Oval     1999

Contributed by: Atul Kahate (akahate@yahoo.com)