HENRY CROCOMBE made history by producing a second hat-trick in eight days during one of the most extraordinary spells of the Rothesay County Championship season. The feat saw him become just the seventh player in the whole history of first-class cricket – and the second man this century – to take hat-tricks in successive games.
The first, against Somerset, won him the voting panel’s maximum votes. The follow-up, this time against Essex, saw him sweep the board for a second time, clinching a dream week which also saw him called up to England’s ODI squad for ...