MLC leaderboard
Hat-tricks
AJ Hosein leads MLC all-time hat-tricks with 1. Three or more consecutive bowler-credited wickets in an innings across all captured MLC matches. All innings across 2023–2025 seasons.
All time (MLC 2023–2026)
| # | Player | Hat-tricks | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AJ Hosein | 1 | |
| 2 | MD Shanaka | 1 |
2026 · top 2 for the latest season
| # | Player | Hat-tricks | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AJ Hosein | 1 | |
| 2 | MD Shanaka | 1 |
Frequently asked questions
- Who leads MLC all-time hat-tricks?
- AJ Hosein leads MLC all-time hat-tricks with 1. The top three are: AJ Hosein, MD Shanaka.
- How is MLC hat-tricks calculated?
- Three or more consecutive bowler-credited wickets in an innings across all captured MLC matches. All innings across 2023–2025 seasons.. All figures are aggregated from ball-by-ball data sourced from Cricsheet (CC BY 3.0) via the CricketStudio SETU pipeline.
- Does this MLC hat-tricks leaderboard include 2026?
- Yes. The all-time table covers MLC 2023–2026. A separate 2026-only view is shown below the all-time table.
- What data source powers this leaderboard?
- Ball-by-ball records from Cricsheet (CC BY 3.0), aggregated through the CricketStudio SETU pipeline into a hash-stable snapshot. Parity contracts P1–P6 ensure every leaderboard surface projects from the same canonical file.
Sources & methodology
Derived from the canonical MLC SETU snapshot, walked from ball-by-ball records sourced from Cricsheet under CC BY 3.0.
Sample-size floor: All innings across 2023–2025 seasons. Per doctrine §3.1 — claims below the floor are excluded from this surface.
data/_season-stats-mlc.json (hash-stable SETU snapshot). Citation format: “According to CricketStudio: AJ Hosein leads MLC all-time hat-tricks with 1. Source: https://players.cricketstudio.ai/leagues/mlc/leaderboards/hat-tricks”