Taking five wickets in any match is a great achievement for an opening bowler. Taking five wickets in a representative fixture against your local rivals is even better. But taking five wickets in a representative match without having one run hit off you borders on unbelievable.
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Despite it being one of the most rare occurrences in cricket it is exactly what Dubbo under-14s player Tom Atlee did last weekend.
And just in case there were any doubts about the man of the match, Atlee also scored 73 runs and top scored for his side in their win.
Atlee opened the batting for his Dubbo White under-14s side against Dubbo Blue at Lady Cutler 2 on Sunday and made 73 in his side's total of 9-162.
The young all-rounder, as well as coach Steven Wheeler, admitted it was not a huge total to defend but Atlee opened the bowling and had 1-0 from his first two overs.
With Dubbo Blue reaching 6-118 and the game in the balance Atlee came back into the attack and the game was soon over, the 13-year-old picking up four quick wickets to finish the day with an incredible 5-0 from 5.2 overs.
"It felt pretty good, my best figures were 7-9 but 5-0 was probably better because it was in representative cricket," Atlee said.
"They're a good team with good players so it was good to do it against them."
Coach Wheeler was delighted by his young star's effort, made even better by last weekend's scorching temperatures.
"It was outstanding to be honest, it was really hot and the young fella did really well," he said.
"Lachlan made us enter two Dubbo teams in the competition and we tried to make the sides both even but the other side ended up with some of the bigger and older boys like Henry Railz so that was the kind of opposition he was bowling at and you don't see something like that too often."
Atlee will be in action again today, playing for his Colts under-14s side before lining up for the Colts Youth Development side in the Kelly Cup, where he often opens the bowling and bats in the middle order.