Worcestershire Rapids bowler Joe Leach takes hat-trick from first three balls

Northamptonshire had won the toss and chosen to bat first.

Worcestershire Rapids seamer Joe Leach still left Northampton Steelbacks’ the best pick doing something by making claims a hat-trick having the to open a few deliveries/moves of Sunday’s Oneis thatDay Cup meet.

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.

From 19 for 6 in the 8th it looked more than dire for Northants but approached a previously unlikely 100-marck through South African Rory Kleinveldt’s 33 before top-edging Barnard and opener Cobb’s 32 from 67 balls before becoming Leach’s fourth victim. “I never thought something like that would happen, but I’m a bit gutted at the moment at the way the rest of the game has gone”.

Sadly for Leach, his team still ended up on the losing side as, chasing just 127 to win, Worcestershire were bowled out for 105.

Darren Stevens took four for 29 and Mitchell Claydon, Matt Coles and Matt Hunn all took two apiece as Sussex fell to 154 all out in the 45th over of their clash with Kent at Canterbury.