JOINT leaders Edgeworth Sport and Recreation Old Boys have struck, not once but, twice with double hat-tricks already this summer in the Newcastle City and Suburban A-grade competition.
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Opening bowlers Tim Mason and Jay Sneddon have both, in separate matches, completed the rare cricketing feat of four wickets in as many deliveries.
Mason finished with figures of 5-11 off five overs last month, helping dismiss Yarnteen for 30 to secure Edgeworth a 13-run win at William Bower Oval.
Four rounds earlier, in the season opener at the same venue on October 17, Sneddon picked up 6-14 off six overs as Rogue CC were all out for 33 after Old Boys made 7-196.
* STOCKTON will be without Thomas Pugh until after Christmas after he received a five-match suspension from the Newcastle District Cricket Association judiciary.
Pugh, who was put on report for dissent following a recent second-grade fixture, was unable to attend the hearing and had carry-over points from a previous misdemeanour.
The Seagulls will also be missing Matt Rolston, who has been banned for two playing days after accepting an early guilty plea for a code of conduct breach during the weekend's lower grade T20 competition called the Dennis Broad Cup.
* NDCA Masters T20 finalists have been decided after Wednesday's semis were washed out. Toronto and Wests Phoenix will play for the Gary Gilmour Cup next week.
* NETS at Wallsend, Stockton and Salamander Bay were officially opened earlier this week.
Funding for the training facilities had been received through the NSW ICC T20 2020 World Cup Cricket Legacy Fund and the Australian Cricket Infrastructure Fund as well as local councils and club contributions.