Nathan Charlton delivered the best over of his life and one the best bowlers in the world would only dream of.
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He took a five-wicket maiden on Sunday.
The Junee Commercial Stallions bowler skittled the Adelong attack with a blistering six-wicket spell.
Charlton snared a hat-trick with his first three deliveries of the match.
The veteran paceman narrowly missed out on a double hat-trick, but was rewarded with another two wickets to complete his over.
Charlton was unsurprisingly thrilled by his efforts.
“I was pretty stoked to be honest,” Charlton said.
“It was my first hat-trick and I’ve never had five wickets in an over before.”
Adelong were already in trouble after Junee skipper Will McGrath made inroads with four early wickets.
But they could only watch in disbelief as Charlton’s heroics ripped through their batting line-up.
He then rounded out the innings with a final wicket, registering match figures of 6-3 from 1.3 overs as the Donkeys folded for only 19 runs.
Overcoming some “terrible” conditions, Junee had earlier made a competitive 124 from 35 overs.
The 105-run win shot the Stallions to the top of the Elders Cup ladder ahead of the Christmas break.
They now travel to Tumut this week to play against Tumut Plains who will be out to prove a point after going down in an embarrassing defeat in the first round after being bowled out for 15.