Joe Leach secured a hat-trick for Worcestershire with the first three balls of their Royal London One-Day Cup match at home to Northamptonshire.
The 24-year-old bowler had the Northants opener Richard Levi caught by the wicketkeeper Ben Cox and repeated the trick to remove the No3 batsman, Rob Keogh.
Leach completed his hat-trick when Ben Duckett was caught by Jack Shantry to leave the New Road visitors stunned.
In 2003 the Sri Lanka seamer Chaminda Vaas also achieved the feat – in a World Cup match against Bangladesh.
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