'I was flying' - bowler's two hat-tricks in two overs
Published on Friday, 11 July 2025 at 3:44 am
Suffolk cricketer Liam O'Connell etched his name into the annals of local cricketing history last Saturday, delivering a spell of bowling so devastating it bordered on the surreal. Representing Woodbridge Wanderers CC in their crucial Suffolk League Division Two clash against Martlesham Merlins, O'Connell achieved the unthinkable: two hat-tricks in two consecutive overs, a feat that left players, spectators, and even the umpire in stunned disbelief. The extraordinary display of precision and control transformed a tightly contested match into a one-sided rout, securing a memorable victory for the Wanderers and cementing O'Connell's place in local sporting folklore.
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The drama unfolded during Martlesham's chasewith the game finely poised and both teams battling for supremacy. O'Connella right-arm medium-fast bowlerhad already taken a couple of wickets earlier in the innings but was about to unleash a torrent of dismissals that would stun everyone present. In the 18th overhe dismissed the set batsman with a perfectly pitched inswinger that clipped the bailsfollowed by an unplayable delivery that trapped the new batter plumb in front. The hat-trick ball was a fullswinging delivery that found the edge of the next batsman's batsafely pouched by the wicketkeeper. A collective gasp swept across the boundary ropes as O'Connell completed his first treble. As the new over beganthe tension was palpable. O'Connellclearly in a trance-like state of flowpicked up right where he left off. Another unplayable deliveryanother clean bowled. The next balla sharp liftersaw the batsman caught behind. The crowd roaredsensing something truly special. And thenwith the very next deliverythe sixth wicket in six ballsanother batsman succumbedcaught at slip from a thick outside edgecompleting his second consecutive hat-trick. "I honestly felt like I was flying" a still-
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