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According to cricket news, hattrick is a term in cricket that is known as when a bowler pick-up three wickets in three consecutive balls. Hattrick will be counted in one or two innings of a match, and the wicket taken by the bowler in the super over will not count. If a bowler delivers no-balls or wide balls on the hattrick ball, the bowler will miss the hattrick, and stumping on the wide ball will also cost the hattrick.
If we see the world cricket news, a bowler took the most complex hat trick in the history of cricket. Australian bowler Merv Hughes took the hat trick in international cricket in three different overs. In 1988, Australia was playing a test match against West Indies at Perth. Merv Hughes took the wicket of Curtly Ambrose on the last ball of the 122nd over, and it was the 9th wicket of the West Indies. Hughes took the 10th wicket on the first ball of the 123rd over, and it was his second over. He was on a hat-trick as took the two wickets on two consecutive balls. In the second inning, he came to bowl and took the wickets of Gordon Greenidge on the first ball of the over. It was the most complex hattrick and the longest as well. Apart from three overs, it took two days and two innings.
Australia was lagging in the 5-match test series by 1-0, and they faced the visitors West Indies at Perth. Australia won the toss and decided to bat first. Caribbean openers Gordon Greenidge and Desmond Haynes came to open, and Geoff Lawson opened the bowling attack. West Indies lost their wicket very early as Desmond Haynes returned to the pavilion. Richie Richardson and Gordon Greenidge made a partnership, and Geoff Lawson broke the partnership. Richie Richardson scored his half-century and got out after scoring 66 runs.
Captain Viv Richards took the benefits of the initial start and played very fast. He scored 146(150) and got out on Lawson. Gus Logie scored 93 and missed his deserved half-century. The Caribbean lower order struggled to score runs, and West Indies got all out on 449. Merv Hughes took the fifer while Geoff Lawson and Tim May took 3 and 2 wickets, respectively.
Australian opener Geoff Marsh and David Boon came to bat, and Malcolm Marshall opened the bowling. Opener gave Australia a great start, and Kangaroos lost their first wicket on 83 runs. David Boon scored 80 runs and got out on Curtly Ambrose. Graeme Wood hit the century and got out after scoring 111 runs. Steve Waugh got out on 91 runs and missed his deserved century. Apart from these three batters, others struggled to score runs, and Australia declared their innings at 395-8.
West Indies was leading by 54 runs in the first innings, and their openers Desmond Haynes and Gordon Greenidge came to bat in the second innings. Merv Hughes had a great first innings, and he opened the bowling attack. According to world cricket news, Merv was on a hattrick as he had taken back-to-back two wickets on two consecutive balls in the first innings, and his third consecutive ball was the first ball of the second innings. He took the wicket of Gordon Greenidge on the first ball, and it is the most complex history of cricket that took two innings. This hat trick takes the longest time - two days.
Desmond Haynes was holding the strike and made a partnership with Richie Richardson of 103 runs for the second wicket. Richie Richardson missed his half-century and got out on 48 balls. Carl Hooper came to bat, and he & Desmond Haynes made a partnership of 113 runs for the third wicket. Merv Hughes broke the partnership, and Desmond Haynes returned to the pavilion after scoring 100. Carl Hooper also got out after scoring 64 runs, and the Caribbean batter struggled to score runs and kept losing wickets. West Indies declared the inning at 349-9 and gave the target of 404 runs. Merv Hughes was the most successful bowler as he took 8 wickets and took 13 wickets in the match.
Chasing 404 runs, the Australian batter came to bat and didn't have a great start. They lost the wickets very early against a huge target. Graeme Wood, Allan Border, and Steve Waugh got the start and didn't capitalize on the great start into the big score. Ian Healy was the only batter to reach 50 runs, and Graeme Wood was the second-highest scorer with 42 runs. Australia got all out at 234 runs and lost the match by 169 runs. Merv Hughes was the player of the match for his 13 wickets in the match irrespective of being on the losing side.
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