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Loading ...Chris Old took 4 wickets in 5 balls against Pakistan in 1978, two wickets, a no ball, then two more scalps. Fine as Mr William’s feat is, I can’t believe that in the whole history of club cricket around the world no-one has taken 6 wickets in 6 balls.
5 in 5!
By Will 3 years ago, at the start of June Leave a comment on this post
I love stories like these:
Cricket: Wizard’s 5 wickets in 5 balls
Jun 1 2005
icWales
An amateur cricketer spoke of his astonishment today after taking five wickets in five balls.
John Williams, 30, captain of Mold Cricket Club in north Wales, bowled three opponents and two more were caught in a run of just five balls.
The feat took place in a second string match against Bethesda on Saturday.
It is believed to beat any figures recorded in the top flight of world cricket but statistics for lower levels are not kept.
Mr Williams, a golf greenkeeper, from Pantymwyn, said: “I’ve only ever had one hat-trick before so I was happy enough to get the three.
“But when the fourth one went I was in dreamland and on the fifth one the place erupted.
“I felt like it wasn’t me.”
Mold was struggling when Mr Williams began his lucky streak but went on to win the match.
Good way to turn your figures around, taking 5 in 5. I think Pollock took 4 in 4 for Warwickshire in about 1996, and Caddick took 4 in one over (somehow failing to get a hat-trick!) against the West Indies in 2000.
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2 Responses to “5 in 5!”
June 1st, 2005 at 9.25 pm
June 3rd, 2005 at 6.03 am
I remember Polly’s 4…those were his first four balls in Country cricket, weren’t they?
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