Noman Ali became the first spinner to claim a hat-trick for Pakistan

Pakistan's Noman Ali became the first spinner from his country to claim a hat-trick in Test cricket, blowing away the West Indies on the opening day of the second Test in Multan.

The tourists suffered a dramatic collapse, slipping from 32-2 to 38-7, as Pakistan relentlessly kept chipping away with wickets. In the top-eight, only Kavem Hodge managed to reach double figures.

With the wickets of Justin Greaves, Tevin Imlach and Kevin Sinclair, Noman achieved a first for Pakistan, becoming the only spinner to claim a Test hat-trick from his country.

There have been five hat-tricks before Noman, but all by fast bowlers. Interestingly, the first four hat-tricks all came against Sri Lanka, with Wasim Akram the only one to claim more than one.

List of Test hat-tricks by Pakistan players

Bowler Batters Match Venue Year
Wasim Akram Kaluwitharana, Bandaratilleke, Wickramasinghe Pak v SL Lahore 1998-99
Wasim Akram Gunawardene, Vaas, Jayawardene Pak v SL Dhaka 1998-99
Abdul Razzaq Kaluwitharana, Herath, Pushpakumara Pak v SL Galle 1999-2000
Mohammad Sami Fernando, Zoysa, Muralitharan Pak v SL Lahore 2001-02
Naseem Shah Shanto, Taijul, Mahmudullah Pak v Ban Rawalpindi 2020
Noman Ali Greaves, Imlach, Sinclair PAK v WI Multan 2025

List of all Test hat-tricks so far

Name Team Match
Frederick Spofforth Australia vs England, Melbourne, 1878/79
Billy Bates England vs Australia, Melbourne, 1882/83
Johnny Briggs England vs Australia, Sydney, 1891/92
George Lohmann England vs South Africa, Port Elizabeth, 1895/96
Jack Hearne England vs Australia, Leeds, 1899
Hugh Trumble Australia vs England, Melbourne, 1901/02
Hugh Trumble Australia vs England, Melbourne, 1903/04
Jimmy Matthews Australia vs South Africa, Manchester, 1912
Jimmy Matthews Australia vs South Africa, Manchester, 1912
Maurice Allom England vs New Zealand, Christchurch, 1929/30
Tom Goddard England vs South Africa, Johannesburg, 1938/39
Peter Loader England vs West Indies, Leeds, 1957
Lindsay Kline Australia vs South Africa, Cape Town, 1957/58
Wes Hall West Indies vs Pakistan, Lahore, 1958/59
Geoff Griffin South Africa vs England, Lord's, 1960
Lance Gibbs West Indies vs Australia, Adelaide, 1960/61
Peter Petherick New Zealand vs Pakistan, Lahore, 1976/77
Courtney Walsh West Indies vs Australia, Brisbane, 1988/89
Merv Hughes Australia vs West Indies, Perth, 1988/89
Damien Fleming Australia vs Pakistan, Rawalpindi, 1994/95
Shane Warne Australia vs England, Melbourne, 1994/95
Dominic Cork England vs West Indies, Manchester, 1995
Darren Gough England vs Australia, Sydney, 1998/99
Wasim Akram Pakistan vs Sri Lanka, Lahore, 1998/99
Wasim Akram Pakistan vs Sri Lanka, Dhaka, 1998/99
Nuwan Zoysa Sri Lanka vs Zimbabwe, Bulawayo, 1999/2000
Abdul Razzaq Pakistan vs Sri Lanka, Galle, 1999/2000
Glenn McGrath Australia vs West Indies, Perth, 2000/01
Harbhajan Singh India vs Australia, Kolkata, 2000/01
Mohammad Sami Pakistan vs Sri Lanka, Lahore, 2001/02
Jermaine Lawson West Indies vs Australia, Barbados, 2002/03
Alok Kapali Bangladesh vs Pakistan, Peshawar, 2003
Andy Blignaut Zimbabwe vs Bangladesh, Harare, 2003/04
Matthew Hoggard England vs West Indies, Barbados, 2003/04
James Franklin New Zealand vs Bangladesh, Dhaka, 2004/05
Irfan Pathan India vs Pakistan, Karachi, 2005/06
Ryan Sidebottom England vs New Zealand, Hamilton, 2007/08
Peter Siddle Australia vs England, Brisbane, 2010/11
Stuart Broad England vs India, Nottingham, 2011
Sohag Gazi Bangladesh vs New Zealand, Chittagong, 2013/4
Stuart Broad England vs Sri Lanka, Leeds, 2014
Rangana Herath Sri Lanka vs Australia, Galle, 2016
Moeen Ali England vs South Africa, The Oval, 2017
Jasprit Bumrah India vs West Indies, Jamaica, 2019
Naseem Shah Pakistan vs Bangladesh, Rawalpindi, 2020
Keshav Maharaj South Africa vs West Indies, Saint Lucia, 2021
Gus Atkinson England vs New Zealand, Wellington, 2024/25
Noman Ali Pakistan vs West Indies, Multan, 2025

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