IamSpartacus
Cricket Spectator
Hi all,
I've been a long time lurker here and thanks to CW have gained quite a few insights into the game.
Anyhoo I was chatting with a mate yesterday about an incident that happened to us about 10 years ago and thought it might make for an interesting thread.
In the early 90's I was playing hard wicket in Adelaide's northern suburbs, one game I went into bat against a left arm quick and was clean bowled for a duck, my teammate Craig followed LBW next ball - it was a Hattrick to the bowler.
Years later at the same ground the same bowler was still playing (whom I remembered because his last name is my first name and he was the quickest i've faced) . A wicket fell and Craig went into bat and was bowled first ball, I walked to the crease and was out LBW first ball ... A second hattrick for the left armer 8 years after his first involving Craig and myself this time in reverse batting order and reverse dismissals! We laughed our arses off while our team mates looked at us like WTF?
(ftr I can't remember the other batsmen involved in the two hattricks, just that they were two different guys ... that would have been too much of a coincidence)
Does anyone have any similar stories of sport related coincidence or unusual occurances?
I've been a long time lurker here and thanks to CW have gained quite a few insights into the game.
Anyhoo I was chatting with a mate yesterday about an incident that happened to us about 10 years ago and thought it might make for an interesting thread.
In the early 90's I was playing hard wicket in Adelaide's northern suburbs, one game I went into bat against a left arm quick and was clean bowled for a duck, my teammate Craig followed LBW next ball - it was a Hattrick to the bowler.
Years later at the same ground the same bowler was still playing (whom I remembered because his last name is my first name and he was the quickest i've faced) . A wicket fell and Craig went into bat and was bowled first ball, I walked to the crease and was out LBW first ball ... A second hattrick for the left armer 8 years after his first involving Craig and myself this time in reverse batting order and reverse dismissals! We laughed our arses off while our team mates looked at us like WTF?
(ftr I can't remember the other batsmen involved in the two hattricks, just that they were two different guys ... that would have been too much of a coincidence)
Does anyone have any similar stories of sport related coincidence or unusual occurances?
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