Joe Leach stuns Northamptonshire by bowling hat-trick with first three balls

Worcestershire started their 50-over match against Northamptonshire in the best possible fashion, with fast-bowler Joe Leach taking a hat-trick with the first three balls of the innings.

The seamer had Richard Levi and Richard Keogh caught behind by wicketkeeper Ben Cox before Ben Duckett flashed the next delivery to Jack Shantry in the gully. Northamptonshire’s score read 0/3 after the first three balls of the match, prompting mad scenes within the Worcestershire team.

He later took the wicket of Josh Cobb, finishing with a useful four for 30 from his 10 overs as the visitors rallied from their early triple setback to reach 126 all out from 35.1 overs.

Three ducks in the first over was followed by a swan flying perilously close to the field of play, further sprucing up a highly entertaining opening to the match.

There was additionally a shock visitor who got here in halfway into the match, whether or not or to not witness the 24-yr-previous Joseph Leach it isn’t recognized.

Interestingly, another Sri Lankan bowler Nuwan Zoysa also took a hat-trick with his first three balls in a Test match against Zimbabwe in Harere in 1999, but that was in the second over of the match. Remarkably, Vaas took a fourth wicket in that opening over.