{"id":296435,"date":"2023-11-13T22:54:15","date_gmt":"2023-11-13T22:54:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/?p=296435"},"modified":"2023-11-13T22:54:15","modified_gmt":"2023-11-13T22:54:15","slug":"i-couldnt-believe-it-australian-bowlers-six-wicket-over-goes-global","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/%d1%81ricket\/i-couldnt-believe-it-australian-bowlers-six-wicket-over-goes-global\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018I couldn\u2019t believe it\u2019: Australian bowler\u2019s six-wicket over goes global"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Save articles for later<\/h3>\n<p>Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time.<\/p>\n<p>It takes something a bit special for an Australian third grade cricketer to hit the headlines around the world, but Mudgeeraba\u2019s Gareth Morgan has made the news across the cricketing globe after an incredible match-winning feat for his team at the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Morgan, skippering Mudgeeraba Nerang and Districts Cricket Club against Surfers Paradise in the Gold Coast\u2019s Premier League Division Three, took six wickets in six balls to secure an extraordinary last-over victory on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Surfers were 4-174 needing five runs to win, with one over remaining at the Carrera Community Centre venue. Morgan toyed with the idea of giving one of his young lads the ball, but then thought: \u201cI\u2019ll bowl \u2014 they can hit the winning runs off me, this younger fella doesn\u2019t need that\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Off the first ball he had opener Jake Garland caught at mid-wicket for 65 trying to win the game with one hit. A reporter for the <em>Gold Coast Bulletin<\/em>, Garland ended up writing about the afternoon under the headline: \u2018I was first to go in six-ball epic\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Next up Connor Matheson and Surfers\u2019 captain Michael Curtin were also caught on the leg side to give Morgan a hat-trick.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI remember thinking after I got the hat-trick \u2014 I don\u2019t want to lose this game now,\u201d Morgan told the ABC.<\/p>\n<p>Wade McDougall was then caught at point before Riley Eckersley and Brodie Phelan were bowled, leaving non-striker Nicholas Bouwmeeter stranded at the other end in disbelief.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I saw the stumps go back on the last ball I couldn\u2019t believe it \u2014 I\u2019ve never seen anything like it,\u201d said Morgan.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEveryone was going wild. It was incredible, I don\u2019t think anyone could believe it had happened.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Given the panic unfolding in the sheds as incoming batsmen scrambled for pads and gloves, it is surprising no one was timed out, as happened to Sri Lanka\u2019s Angelo Mathews at the Cricket World Cup. Morgan admitted one of his younger teammates did raise the subject but Mudgeeraba didn\u2019t follow Bangladesh\u2019s example.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_0.369%2C$multiply_0.7725%2C$ratio_1.5%2C$width_756%2C$x_0%2C$y_31\/t_crop_custom\/q_86%2Cf_auto\/1cdc9fcf02b5e52f43c3e6989243e478f5bf5808\" height=\"390\" width=\"584\"><\/p>\n<p><span>The Mudgeeraba team celebrate Gareth Morgan\u2019s (with ball) remarkable feat.<\/span><cite class=\"ojLwA\"><span>Credit: <\/span>Facebook<\/cite><\/p>\n<p>The news gradually spread far beyond Queensland. The BBC led the British outlets highlighting Morgan\u2019s feat. In India, The Hindu was one of many carrying the story. Websites as diverse as Reddit, Hong Kong-based BNN and North Carolina\u2019s BVM featured the yarn.<\/p>\n<p>On the club\u2019s own website, however, he had to share \u2018Weekend Winners\u2019 top billing with the victors of raffles for the meat tray and for a six-pack of beer.<\/p>\n<p>The most wickets taken in an over of professional cricket is five, achieved on three occasions. New Zealand\u2019s Neil Wagner did so playing for Otago in 2011, Al-Amin Hossain for a Bangladesh Cricket Board XI in 2013 and Abhimanyu Mithun for Indian state side Karnataka in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>Morgan, it transpires, has already done that, in kid\u2019s cricket. But his father Huw, who revealed this on the club\u2019s Facebook page, added, \u201cHe didn\u2019t get six, because there was (sic) only five wickets left at the start of the over.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>AAP<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Watch every Australian game plus other big match-ups live and free on Nine, 9Gem and 9Now.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><b><i>Sports news, results and expert commentary.<\/i><\/b> <b><i>Sign up for our Sport newsletter<\/i><\/b><b><i>.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<h2>Most Viewed in Sport<\/h2>\n<h3>From our partners<\/h3>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theage.com.au\/sport\/cricket\/i-couldn-t-believe-it-australian-bowler-s-six-wicket-over-goes-global-20231114-p5ejqx.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. 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