Uniqe Record: Who is that bowler…who made the world record of 7 hat-tricks alone, will this great record ever be broken?

New Delhi. In the world of cricket, countless records have been made by batsmen and bowlers. In the glare of international cricket, we do not pay much attention to the records of first class cricket. Be it a batsman scoring a century or a bowler taking a hat-trick. But do you know that in first-class cricket, there is a record in the name of one bowler of taking 7 hat-tricks alone. Former England leg spinner Doug Wright took a total of seven hat-tricks in his 14-year cricket career, which has not been broken even today. It is impossible for anyone to break this great record in the future also. This player played cricket from 1932 to 1957.

Doug Wright, born on 21 August 1914 in Kent, England, has played 34 Test matches. During this period he has taken 108 wickets. Whereas Wright has taken 2056 wickets in his name in 497 first class matches. He is the only bowler in the world to take hat-trick 7 times. This unique record of Wright has not been broken till date and it is impossible for it to be broken in the near future also. Wright, who played first-class matches for Kent, took 5 wickets in his innings 150 times, while he was successful in taking 10 or more wickets 42 times in the match.

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Two bowlers have taken hat-trick 6 times and 2 bowlers have taken hat-trick 5 times.
Doug Wright has the most number of hat-tricks in first class cricket. At second place in this list is Gluttonshire's Tom Goddard, who has taken a total of 6 hat-tricks in his first class career, while Charlie Parker has also taken a hat-trick six times. Valance Jupp, who played for Yorkshire's Scofield High and Sussex and Northamptonshire, has taken a hat-trick 5 times.

Malinga on top in international cricket
Former Sri Lankan fast bowler Lasith Malinga has the maximum number of 5 hat-tricks in international cricket (Test, ODI and T20). Malinga has taken 3 hat-tricks in One Day International whereas he has 2 hat-tricks in his name in T20 International cricket. Malinga, with his strange bowling action, was counted among the most feared bowlers in the world. Malinga took his first hat-trick in ODI against South Africa in 2007.

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