July 31 (CRICKETNMORE) - Moeen Ali took a hat-trick in the second innings against South Africa to guide England to a brilliant 239 runs victory in the 3rd test at the Oval on Monday. It is the first ever Test hat-trick taken at the Oval and it came in the landmark test as the ground was hosting its 100th Test.
Moeen Ali's hat-trick is the 14th for England in test cricket. Cricketnmore provides list of all the 14 ht-tricks taken by England bowlers below:
Bowler (Year) vs Opponent
1. W Bates (1882-83) vs Australia
2. J Briggs (1891-92) vs Australia
3. GA Lohmann (1895-96) vs South Africa
4. JT Hearne (1899) vs Australia
5. MJC Allom (1929-30) vs New Zealand
6. TWJ Goddard (1938-39) vs South africa
7. PJ Loader (1957) vs West Indies
8. DG Cork (1995) vs West Indies
9. D Gough (1998-99) vs Australia
10.MJ Hoggard (2003-04) vs West Indies
11. RJ Sidebottom (2007-08) vs New zealand
12. SCJ Broad (2011) vs India
13. SCJ Broad (2014) vs Sri Lanka
14, Moeen Ali (2017) vs South Africa
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