AS Macgregor Hanigan's phone lit up like a Christmas tree on Monday night, the Kooringal Colts bowler thought he was dreaming.
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The 24-year-old couldn't wrap his head around the fact he took a hat-trick in Monday's 78-run Twenty20 win over Lake Albert at Harris Park. But 8-14 off 3.3 overs?
"Lucky it wasn't a Friday night or I'd probably just be walking through the door now," Hanigan said on Tuesday morning, his achievement clearly still sinking in.
"I'm still trying to digest it. It still feels like a dream and I'm not used to getting this attention.
"I was happy to get a five for to be honest, let alone getting eight wickets. Especially when you only get 24 balls. It's bloody crazy."
Hanigan claimed a wicket with his second ball, before snaring two more in his second over.
His hat-trick came in the third over, the sealer sending the wickets cartwheeling, before he finished his 21 balls of carnage with consecutive poles.
It is the best bowling figures in Colts history, with the the previous best 7-15 taken by Djali Bloomfield.
Hanigan was sidelined by a minor knee injury early in the season, and has been bowling first or second change since returning.
It's been a largely forgettable Twenty20 campaign for the Colts, who couldn't make the final after three straight losses heading into the clash, but Hanigan ensured it will take its place in club folklore.
Asked if he was dirty on teammate Matt Etchells for claiming the other two wickets, Hanigan said: "He's been copping it on Facebook, everyone's calling him 'pig'.
"It was actually him who came up to me and said 'you're a chance for a five-for here' when I had two overs to bowl.
"My sixth wicket was my hat-trick it's pretty crazy. The last 12 hours the phone has been going nuts.
"I just keep it as simple as possible, hit the top of off (stump) and line and length, everything just went my way.
"It was really a nothing game in terms of the competition but we thought if we won today we could get some momentum for the second half of the season."
The Hanigan family has a long history at the club. Macgregor's brother Keenan is first grade skipper while the eldest brother, Liam, is a former player.
In an added quirk Macgregor is the curator at Harris Park alongside his father Greg, but he insists he didn't doctor the deck to suit his bowling.
"Someone at the game yelled out 'who's the bowler?' and when they said my name he said 'he's the bloody curator'," he said.
"Curating the club's home ground with your old man is a privilege. We're a big cricketing family and just love it."
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