Since sponsored regional first-class cricket started in 1966, the only brothers that could proudly boast of capturing a hat-trick are the late Sylvester Clarke and Roderick Estwick.
Clarke, who died in 1999 in his native Barbados, played for the West Indies from 1978 to 1981.
Although his younger sibling Estwick never played test cricket, he toured Zimbabwe with the Timur Mohamed-led West Indies (B) Team in 1983.
Clarke, who made his regional first-class debut against the Combined Islands at Victoria Park, Castries, St. Lucia in January 1978, captured his hat-trick in his third match at the regional first-class level playing against Trinidad & Tobago at the (Mecca) Kensington Oval 1978.
His victims were Randall Lyon, Inshan Ali and Desmond Baptiste.
Estwick captured his hat-trick against Guyana at the (Mecca) Kensington Oval in 1983. His victims were Faoud Bacchus, Clyde Butts and Roger Harper.
Below are the remaining players to have taken hat-tricks at the regional first-class level.
The first player to achieve the feat was Trinidadian Willie Rodrigues, the only man to represent the West Indies at both cricket and football.
Playing against the Windward Islands at Queen’s Park Oval in January 1969, Rodrigues’ victims were A. Gregoire, A. Branford and D. Cambridge.
Sylvester Clarke, deceased, Barbados vs Trinidad & Tobago Kensington Oval 1978 victims were Randall Lyon, Inshan Ali and Desmond Baptiste.
Malcolm Marshall, deceased, Barbados vs Combined Islands at Antigua Recreation Ground, St. John’s 1979, his victims were Ulysses Lawrence, Ignatius Caddette and Grayson Shillingford.
Anderson Roberts: Leeward Islands vs Barbados at Kensington Oval January 1983, his victims were Carlisle Best, Thelston Payne and Leslie Reifer.
Roderick Estwick on debut Barbados vs Guyana at Kensington Oval February 1983, his victims were Faoud Bacchus, Clyde Butts and Roger Harper.
Ian Allen Windward Islands vs Trinidad & Tobago at Guaracara Park 1991, his victims were David Mohamed, Augustine Logie and Narine Bedeshi.
Franklyn Rose Jamaica vs Barbados at Sabina Park 2000, his victims were Sherwin Campbell, Adrian Griffith and Philo Wallace.
Sulieman Benn Barbados vs Leeward Islands at the Charlotte Amalie ground, St. Thomas 2004, his victims were Carl Tuckett, Virgil Browne and Kerry Jeremy.
Jason Bennet Combined Campuses and Colleges vs Barbados at Cave Hill 2008, his victims were Dale Richards, Shamarh Brooks and Alcindo Holder.
Kenroy Peters Windward Islands vs Jamaica at Beausejour Gros-Islet St. Lucia 2014, his victims were John Campbell, Andre Mc Carthy and David Bernard Jr.
