Brett Randell 5 Wickets in 5 Balls: New Zealand fast bowler Brett Rendell has made a unique record in his name in the 254-year history of first-class cricket. He achieved this feat by taking 5 wickets in 5 consecutive balls, which no player had done till now in first-class cricket. This feat was seen in New Zealand’s domestic tournament Plunket Shield. Brett Rendell, playing for Central Districts, bowled this deadly against Northern Districts.
Brett Rendell took 5 consecutive wickets in 5 balls.
30 year old Brett Rendell completely destroyed the batting of Northern Districts. He not only took 5 wickets in 5 consecutive balls, but also took 7 wickets in 8 overs in a single session, which included this magical five-wicket spell. In the match, he destroyed the top order of Northern Districts and put the team in a strong position. Let us tell you, Brett Rendell used to play for Northern Districts only and now he did this amazing thing against the same team. Hat-tricks have happened many times before in first-class cricket, but this is the first case of 5 wickets in 5 consecutive balls. Earlier this had happened in List A format.
Let us tell you, Brett Rendell achieved his first success in his second over. He took a wicket on the last ball of this over. After this, he started his next over and achieved this feat by taking 4 wickets in 4 balls. Out of these 5, he took 3 wickets by clean bowling, while 2 batsmen were caught out. Due to which half of the Northern Districts team returned to the pavilion for just 9 runs. The video of his magical spell is now going viral on social media.
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Northern Districts’ innings collapsed for 82 runs.
In this match, Central Districts, batting first, scored 373 runs in its first innings. But in response, the Northern Districts team could score only 82 runs in its first innings and was all out. During this period, only 2 batsmen could touch double figures. Brett Rendell bowled a total of 11 overs and took 7 wickets while conceding 25 runs.