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Factbox: Hat-tricks in the Ashes series

November 25, 2010 15:32 IST

Peter Siddle, who turned 26 on Thursday, took the ninth hat-trick in the Ashes series and the first by an Australian since Shane Warne in the 1994-1995 series.

Australian paceman Siddle destroyed England's lower middle order by taking a hat-trick and finishing with 6-54 as the visitors were dismissed for 260 late on the first day of the first Ashes Test in Brisbane, on Thursday.

Here is a list of hat-tricks in the Ashes series:

* Frederick Spofforth (Australia) -- Melbourne, 1878-79

* Billy Bates (England) -- Melbourne, 1882-83

* Johnny Briggs (England) -- Sydney, 1891-92

* Jack Hearne (England) -- Leeds, 1899

* Hugh Trumble (Australia) -- Melbourne, 1901-02

* Trumble -- Melbourne, 1903-04

* Shane Warne (Australia) -- Melbourne, 1994-95

* Darren Gough (England) -- Sydney, 1998-99

* Peter Siddle (Australia) -- Brisbane, 2010-11

Source: REUTERS
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