TAKING a hat-trick - it is something that all bowlers dream of and few achieve, so that ORC's under 9s player Jake Rivett can already call himself a member of that club is very special.
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Even more special if you consider each of his three victims were dismissed by having the ball clatter into their stumps.
ORC Gold player Rivett enjoyed the special moment last Saturday in a Masters Blasters game against Rugby Union at George Park 2.
Under the rules of that competition he only got two overs with the rubber ball on a shortened wicket, but he needed just three deliveries to produce the rare feat.
"I think at that age you are still teaching them to bowl on the stumps, so for him to bowl three balls all on the stumps, because all three wickets were bowled, that's pretty rare," Rivett's coach Rod Masman said.
"Hat-tricks don't happen too often at any sort of level. I've been coaching the kids at ORC now for six or seven years and I reckon maybe once, one other time, someone got a hat-trick.
"Occasionally you'll get three wickets in three balls, but one of those will be a run out. It's definitely the first time I've seen three clean bowled, you can have catches, but to get three all bowled, I think that's a pretty good effort.
"I've been playing cricket for over 30 years, I've got back-to-back wickets, but I've never got a hat-trick."
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While no scores are kept in Master Blaster cricket and the emphasis is very much on having fun and improving skills, the kids who play are still aware when someone is impressing with the bat or ball.
It meant when Rivett's left-arm pace deliveries claimed back-to-back victims, it was not just the coaches and spectators who knew he was on the cusp of something special.
"He knew straight away once he got that second wicket that he was on a hat-trick," Masman said.
"The way we set it up is that the coaches are out there umpiring, so I was down the bowlers' end umpiring and the other coach was at square leg. I turned around to him and said 'Mate, you're on a hat-trick, there's a bit of pressure on this'.
"But he had a big grin on his face, it didn't worry him in the slightest and he turned around and bowled one straight on the stumps again and managed to sneak it through and get the wicket.
"A nice big cheer came from all the parents, I think both Jake's Mum and Dad were there and maybe one of his grandparents too - there was plenty of clapping and cheering."
Rivett was happy to pose for a photo afterwards to celebrate the moment and Masman feels that it won't be the only one if he sticks with cricket.
"They were nice deliveries, he's actually a really good bowler. There's not too many left-armers around and I think he's got a future there with cricket, he's a pretty good little player," he said.
"He's actually probably the strongest player in the team I think he's handy with the bat and a really good bowler. He's one of those kids that just doesn't stop running around out on the field. He's not afraid to run to the other side of the field if he think he can get there before someone else."
