Six for six!

24th May, 2011

Form 1 pupil Jamie Moir has achieved every bowler’s dream by claiming six wickets in an over in a school match on Saturday, every one of them clean bowled. Jamie set a new school record with his outstanding spell with the ball, and it seems possible that this is the first time the feat has ever been achieved in prep school cricket.

Packwood had scored 212 for 2 and in reply the visitors had reached 48 for 2 when Jamie began his faultless over.

Team coach, Richard Herzog, said “The game looked like ending in a draw and I said to Jamie that he’d better try and break their batting partnership but I didn’t expect him to do it in such dramatic style! There was great excitement when he got his hat-trick and when he got five we thought he might get the sixth, but nobody really believed it would happen. I’m so glad there was no lbw decision to make as he knocked the middle stump out of the ground! The opposition knew they had witnessed something truly remarkable and were generous in their praise and congratulations.”