{"id":1454,"date":"2016-05-25T09:02:36","date_gmt":"2016-05-25T08:02:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/edgbaston.com\/?p=2406"},"modified":"2016-05-25T09:02:36","modified_gmt":"2016-05-25T08:02:36","slug":"iconic-moments-chris-old-78","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/edgbaston.com\/events\/news\/iconic-moments-chris-old-78\/","title":{"rendered":"Iconic Moments: Chris Old &#8217;78"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Unsung Hero<\/h2>\n<p>Somewhere between cricketing tragedy and obscure pub quiz trivia question, Yorkshire&#8217;s Chris Old entered Edgbaston folklorein 1978 for taking four wickets in five balls without claiming\u00a0a hat-trick. On his hat trick ball, Old was ruled to have delivered a no ball, after which he took two more wickets in consecutive balls.<\/p>\n<p>It was the first Test of the 1978 series vs Pakistan and the visitors were in trouble early doors as Botham and Willis claimed early scalps. However it was Chris Old who stole the show and ended up taking 7-50 in the first innings.<\/p>\n<p>After Old took the wicket Wasim Raja\u00a0the fun really started.\u00a0To see Old&#8217;s incredible spell skip to 9 minutes in on the video below.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\thttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5S4f12KVn5c\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<p>These are the magic moments of our game and sadly we doubt the video does this feat the justice it deserves. We can only imagine\u00a0what must have been like to see a truly incredible spell like this in person and we&#8217;re hoping that our next Pakistan Test will produce more iconic Edgbaston moments.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">See the action<\/h2>\nEngland take on Pakistan this summer in an Investec Test Match and tickets are on sale priced from \u00a331 for Adults and from just \u00a36 for Juniors (U16s).\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/edgbaston.com\/tickets\">You can purchase your tickets now by calling 0844 847 1902 or click here to book online.\u00a0<\/a>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Unsung Hero Somewhere between cricketing tragedy and obscure pub quiz trivia question, Yorkshire&#8217;s Chris Old entered Edgbaston folklorein 1978 for taking four wickets in five balls without claiming\u00a0a hat-trick. On his hat trick ball, Old was ruled to have delivered a no ball, after which he took two more wickets in consecutive balls. 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