Jack Goossens takes first career hat-trick as Napoleons edges Buninyong by one
Goossens claimed his first career hat-trick in a match Napoleons-Sebastopol won by one wicket despite a furious late assault.
Goossens delivered the match-turning spell in an unusual way. Goossens scooped Nathan Hill with the final ball of one over, then returned to dismiss Jack Sheppard and Tim Stewart in the next.
With Buninyong needing just a handful of runs and four wickets in hand, the hat-trick swung momentum back Napoleons' way. Luke Corden then held his nerve to steer his team home.
Heavy rain was closing in. Goossens finished with four wickets and admitted they should have won more easily.
He credited his teammates for holding on.
- One wicket
- Victory margin
- 131 runs
- Target score
- 4 total
- Goossens wickets
- Heavy rain closing in
- Weather
Why it mattersA personal milestone combined with a match-defining spell shows how one player's moment can turn a contest that could easily have gone the other way.
AustraliaFor Ballarat cricket fans and local sports followers, this was a rare complete fixture in dramatic conditions, the sort of match clubs relive for seasons.
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