Melbourne Renegades Cameron Boyce etched his name in record books after picking up four wickets on the trot against Sydney Thunder in Melbourne on Wednesday.
The spinner first removed a dangerous looking Alex Hales for 44 off 22 on the final ball of his first over after the right-handed batsman was caught by Unmukt Chand who took a good running catch around the long off region.
Boyce then returned for his second over of the innings and got the wicket of Jason Sangha on the very first delivery who was stumped out for 2 off 5 and followed it with Alex Ross’ dismissal.
Ross tried to reverse sweep this hat trick delivery that was pitched touch fuller around the middle and leg stump channel but missed his stroke completely. The Renegades team appealed for an LBW and the on-field umpire raised his finger. The batsman wasn’t really happy with the decision but Boyce had completed his hat trick.
The right-arm bowler didn’t stop here as he also got rid of Daniel Sams after trapping him in front of the stumps to send him packing for a golden duck on the third ball of this over to pick his fourth consecutive wicket.
The leg-spinner continued his brilliant bowling show with another dismissal on the first ball of his third over. Matthew Gikes who had come in at number six drove a length delivery, pitched outside off straight into the hands of Lalor in the cover region to give Boyce his fifth scalp of the match.
At the time of writing, the Thunder were 101/5 in 11 overs.