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Take a look at World Cup's HAT-TRICK men

February 14, 2015 18:51 IST
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Steven Finn of England celebrates after taking a hat-trick

Steven Finn of England celebrates after taking a hat-trick. Photograph: Shaun Botterill/Getty Images

England fast bowler Steven Finn took a bizarre World Cup hat-trickoff the last three balls in Saturday's clash against Australia at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.

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Australia thrashed arch rivals England by 111 runs on opening day but Finn, 25, grabbed some consolation when he became the first English bowler to take a hat-trick at a World Cup.

Finn removed Brad Haddin, Glenn Maxwell and Mitchell Johnson to deny Australia a record total of 344 as they closed on 342-9.

List of players who have claimed hat-tricks in the Cricket World Cup:

Chetan Sharma

Chetan Sharma of India in action. Photograph: Getty Images

1987: Chetan Sharma (India) v New Zealand (Ken Rutherford, Ian Smith, Ewen Chatfield)

1999: Saqlain Mushtaq (Pakistan) v Zimbabwe (Henry Olonga, Adam Huckle, Pommie Mbangwa)

2003: Chaminda Vaas (Sri Lanka) v Bangladesh (Hannan Sarkar, Mohammad Ashraful, Ehsanul Haque)

2003: Brett Lee (Australia) v Kenya (Kennedy Otieno, Brijal Patel, David Obuya)

 Lasith Malinga

Lasith Malinga of Sri Lanka bowls during the ICC Cricket World Cup. Photograph: Martin Hunter/Getty Imagess

2007: Lasith Malinga (Sri Lanka) v South Africa (Shaun Pollock, Andrew Hall, Jacques Kallis, Makhaya Ntini)*

2011: Kemar Roach (West Indies) v Netherlands (Pieter Seelaar, Bernard Loots, Berend Westdijk)

2011: Lasith Malinga (Sri Lanka) v Kenya (Tanmay Mishra, Peter Ongondo, Shem Ngoche)

2015: Steven Finn (England) v Australia (Brad Haddin, Glenn Maxwell, Mitchell Johnson)

* Malinga got four wickets in four balls

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