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Unprecedented Cricketing Feat: Captain Takes Six Wickets in Six Balls to Secure Victory

Gareth Morgan's extraordinary performance leads Mudgeeraba to an unlikely win, surpassing professional cricket records

  • Gareth Morgan, captain of Mudgeeraba, took six wickets in six balls in the final over of a match against Surfers Paradise, leading his team to an unlikely victory.
  • Surfers Paradise needed just five runs to win with six wickets in hand before Morgan's unprecedented performance.
  • Morgan's feat surpasses the professional cricket record of five wickets taken in an over, achieved three times previously.
  • Morgan had previously taken five wickets in an over as a young player, according to his father.
  • Jake Garland, a reporter for the Gold Coast Bulletin and opener for Surfers Paradise, was the first to be dismissed in Morgan's six-ball epic.
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