Australia leg-spinner Cameron Boyce went on to become a part of history as he has become the first-ever cricketer to achieve a rare double hat-trick in the history of the Big Bash League (BBL). Boyce achieved the feat while plying his trade for the Melbourne Renegades on Wednesday against the Sydney Thunder in the BBL match in Melbourne.
Cameron Boyce also became the first bowler from the Renegades to achieve a BBL hat-trick. His unbelievable effort was spread across a couple of overs and it all started in the final delivery of the 7th over when he got the crucial wicket of Sydney Thunder opener, Alex Hales.
Returning to bowl the 9th over, Cameron Boyce deceived Jason Sangha off the first delivery as the right-handed batter got stumped trying to charge down the track and decided to go over the top against the leggie. In the next ball, Alex Ross tried to play a reverse sweep and was trapped in front as Boyce completed his hat-trick.
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The drama did not end there as the leg-spinner then dismissed Sydney Thunder pacer, Daniel Sams for a golden duck on the very next ball to make it four in four and complete a double hat-trick. “We still can’t believe this happened!! A double hattie from Cameron Boyce!!” tweeted the BBL.
Here is the video of the wickets:
We still can't believe this happened!! A double hattie from Cameron Boyce!! #BBL11 pic.twitter.com/fQWsFakSnx
— KFC Big Bash League (@BBL) January 19, 2022
Cameron Boyce, who has represented Australia in 7 T20Is, picked up another wicket to finish with staggering figures of 5 for 21 in his full quota of four overs. That Renegades were able to restrict the Thunder to 171 was mainly due to the single-handed effort by Boyce.
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All other Renegades bowlers apart from Zahir Khan and Boyce went on the journey courtesy of Hales and Usman Khawaja (77). It was Boyce who broke the dangerous opening partnership between Khawaja and Hales in the 7th over. Sydney Thunder had raced to 80 in 6.5 overs when Boyce turned the match on its head.
Eventually, Sydney Thunder went on to win the nail-biting match by 1 run as Gurinder Sandhu took a couple of wickets on the last two balls of the match. Melbourne Renegades required just a couple of runs on the last two balls but they failed to score them and eventually succumbed to the loss. Here is the video of the last two wickets of the match:
What a Climax 🤦♂️ pic.twitter.com/MQfYVaYjFm
— Sehwag (@Sehwag54587220) January 19, 2022
