{"id":288145,"date":"2023-04-21T06:33:21","date_gmt":"2023-04-21T06:33:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=288145"},"modified":"2023-04-21T07:58:03","modified_gmt":"2023-04-21T07:58:03","slug":"guns-surreal-hat-trick-follows-century-on-same-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=288145","title":{"rendered":"Gun's 'surreal' hat-trick follows century on same day"},"content":{"rendered":"

History has been made in first-class cricket<\/a>, with Gloucestershire's Tom Price becoming the first cricketer in the format to score a century and take a hat-trick on the same day.<\/p>\n

Price\ufeff's first milestone came with the bat when he saved his side's innings, smashing 109 runs off 98 balls against Worcestershire in the County Championship<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The 23-year-old came to the crease at 7-45 and was the last wicket to fall when Gloucestershire was all out for 231.<\/p>\n

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\ufeffPrice then went to work with the ball, taking 4-38 which included a remarkable hat-trick – all completed on day one of the match.<\/p>\n

Worcestershire openers Ed Pollock and Jake Libby got the side off to a great start with a 58-run partnership before the history-maker claimed a hat-trick with this second spell.<\/p>\n

His victims were Pakistan captain Azhar Ali, Jack Haynes and Brett D'Oliveira, who were all caught behind \ufeffin the 19th over.<\/p>\n

\"Tom<\/p>\n

Worcestershire eventually finished the day at 7-118\ufeff and will hope a similar seventh-wicket partnership can rescue the match.<\/p>\n

Speaking to BBC Sport after the day, Price was over the moon with his unbelievable achievement.<\/p>\n

"It's a bit surreal," he said.<\/p>\n

"It won't sink in for a while. I'll wake up in five minutes and it will all feel like a dream. \ufeff<\/p>\n

"I don't really know what to say. It has been an amazing day. I'm pretty tired, but pretty delighted.<\/p>\n

"I'm really happy to have contributed. It was tricky out there, but we tried to be positive while still having a tight defence and waited for the ball to get softer later on. I just kept it simple."<\/p>\n

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Price's \ufeffachievement put him in esteemed company, with only 15 first-class cricketers to have completed the double milestone in the same match.<\/p>\n

Ashes squad member Marcus Harris<\/a> is the only Australian playing in the match and disappointed for Gloucestershire, scoring 1 at the top of the order. \ufeff<\/p>\n

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