Hat-trick is one of the proudest moment for bowlers. When a bowler claims three wickets in his three successive deliveries in a match, it is known as a hat-trick for a bowler.
Total six hat-tricks were claimed by the bowlers in 2017 international cricket. Here are the brief details about those hat-tricks.
Hat-trick(s) in 2017 Test cricket
In 2017, there was only one Test hat-trick, and that was claimed by England off-spinner Moeen Ali against South Africa. Here are the details about that hat-trick.
| Player (Team) | Bowling style | Opposition | Victims | Venue | Date |
| Moeen Ali (England) | Right-arm off-break | South Africa | Dean Elgar (caught), Kagiso Rabada (caught) and Morne Morkel (lbw) | London | 31st July 2017 |
Hat-trick(s) in 2017 ODI cricket
In 2017, there were total three ODI hat-tricks claimed by the bowlers. They were Taskin Ahmed (Bangladesh), Wanindu Hasaranga (Sri Lanka) and Kuldeep Yadav (India). Here is the detail list of those ODI hat-tricks.
| Player (Team) | Bowling style | Opposition | Victims | Venue | Date |
| Taskin Ahmed (Bangladesh) | Right-arm fast | Sri Lanka | Asela Gunaratne (caught), Suranga Lakmal (caught) and Nuwan Pradeep (bowled) | Dambulla | 28th March 2017 |
| Wanindu Hasaranga (Sri Lanka) | Legbreak | Zimbabwe | Malcolm Waller (bowled), Donald Tiripano (lbw) and Tendai Chatara (bowled) | Galle | 2nd July 2017 |
| Kuldeep Yadav (India) | Slow left-arm chinaman | Australia | Matthew Wade (bowled), Ashton Agar (lbw) and Pat Cummins (caught) | Kolkata | 21st September 2017 |
Hat-trick(s) in 2017 T20I cricket
In 2017, total two T20I hat-tricks occurred. Lasith Malinga and Faheem Ashraf were the bowlers who claimed T20I hat-tricks in 2017. Here are the details about those T20I hat-tricks.
| Player (Team) | Bowling style | Opposition | Victims | Venue | Date |
| Lasith Malinga (Sri Lanka) | Right-arm fast | Bangladesh | Mushfiqur Rahim (bowled), Mashrafe Mortaza (bowled) and Mehedi Hasan (lbw) | Colombo (RPS) | 6th April 2017 |
| Faheem Ashraf (Pakistan) | Right-arm medium | Sri Lanka | Isuru Udana (caught), Mahela Udawatte (caught) and Dasun Shanaka (lbw) | Abu Dhabi | 27th October 2017 |
A special note on hat-trick in 2017 domestic cricket
In 2017, there were few hat-tricks happened in domestic cricket. But the most discussed incident was Australian left-arm pacer Mitchell Starc’s two hat-tricks in a first-class match.
Before the beginning of the 2017/18 Ashes series, New South Wales pacer Mitchell Starc claimed a hat-trick in both of the innings against Western Australia. His lethal bowling performance produced a big victory for his team as New South Wales won that match by 171 runs while Starc took total seven wickets (4/56 & 3/41) in that match.