{"id":525801,"date":"2026-03-08T01:43:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-08T01:43:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/525801\/"},"modified":"2026-03-08T01:43:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-08T01:43:08","slug":"brett-randell-five-wickets-in-five-balls-video-plunkett-shield-scorecard-northern-districts-vs-central-districts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/525801\/","title":{"rendered":"Brett Randell five wickets in five balls, video, Plunkett Shield scorecard, Northern Districts vs Central Districts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>New Zealander Brett Randell has made history during a Plunket Shield match in Napier on Sunday morning, becoming the first cricketer to take five wickets across five deliveries in a first-class contest.<\/p>\n<p>The 30-year-old achieved the feat, also known as a triple hat-trick, during Central Districts\u2019 ongoing match against Northern Districts at McLean Park, ripping through the top order in a chaotic collapse of 7-7 across 24 deliveries.<\/p>\n<p>Watch the Australia Women\u2019s team take on India LIVE and ad-break free during play on FOX CRICKET, available on Kayo Sports | New to Kayo? <a href=\"https:\/\/kayosports.com.au?pg=cricket&amp;extcamp=fsaeditoriallinkcricket-edt-fsp-lnk-awr-grc-cri-kyo&amp;channel=fsa&amp;campaign=fsacontra&amp;voucher=\" title=\"kayosports.com.au\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Join now and get your first month for just $1 &gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img class=\"i-amphtml-fill-content i-amphtml-replaced-content\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/poster-fallback.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Randell, whose previous best first-class were 6-45. snared his first wicket on the final delivery of his second over, when rival opener Henry Cooper left an in-ducker that clipped the top of off stump, departing for 1.<\/p>\n<p>On the first delivery of his next over, Northern Districts captain Jeet Raval, who played 24 Tests for the Black Caps, was bowled through the gate for 6 to become Randell\u2019s second victim.<\/p>\n<p>The right-armed seamer secured a hat-trick when Joe Carter was given out caught behind for a golden duck, although slow-motion replays suggested the delivery may have flicked the batter\u2019s arm rather than his bat, with Carter shaking his head as the umpire raised the dreaded finger.<\/p>\n<p>Robbie O\u2019Donnell was also dismissed for a golden duck after edging towards the slips cordon, with Randell securing his five-wicket haul when Kristian Clarke made a belated decision to leave a wide delivery, with the inside edge bouncing onto the top of the stumps.<\/p>\n<p>Randell claimed another two wickets in his following over, removing wicketkeeper Ben Pomare for a third-ball duck and Test bowler Scott Kuggeleijn for 2, at one stage boasting the absurd figures of 7-4 from 4.5 overs, with Northern Districts in dire straits at 7-11.<\/p>\n<p>However, Bharat Popli and Tim Pringle revived the innings, somewhat, with a 56-run partnership for the eighth wicket, ensuring Northern Districts avoided the unwanted record of lowest team total in Plunkett Shield history of 46, achieved by Auckland in 2011.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier in the match, Central Districts was bowled out 373 in their first innings, with wicketkeeper Dane Cleaver scoring a 137-ball 109.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, Irish fast bowler Curtis Campher became the first cricketer to take five wickets across five deliveries in a T20 match, achieved in the Inter-Provincial T20 Trophy, while Zimbabwe\u2019s Kelis Ndhlovu completed the rare feat in a domestic Under-19 T20 match in 2024.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"New Zealander Brett Randell has made history during a Plunket Shield match in Napier on Sunday morning, becoming&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":525802,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[564],"tags":[64,63,740,85],"class_list":["post-525801","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-cricket","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/525801","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=525801"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/525801\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/525802"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=525801"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=525801"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=525801"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}