Shane Warne's teenage son Jackson takes a hat-trick to emulate his famous father's Test feat
Warne junior proves a chip off the old block
Shane Warne has taken to social media to laud the high school hat-trick of his son Jackson, 20 years after his own Test triple treat at the MCG.
Jackson Warne took four wickets in five balls according to the Twitter boasts of his proud dad, the Brighton Grammar year 10 the star of the show in their Associated Public Schools of Victoria match against Xavier College.
Shane Warne kept the world informed of his son's exploits via his social media accounts, telling his two million Twitter and Instagram followers he was "Taking my son to his cricket match, pretty cool".
A few hours later, the proud father was excitedly detailing his 14-year-old son's exploits with the ball.
My son Jackson is on a Hatrick !!!!! pic.twitter.com/zSABtPVfLQ
%E2%80%94 Shane Warne (@ShaneWarne) February 7, 2015
Yr10's Jackson Warne emulates @ShaneWarne's 1994 classic with a @BrightonGrammar hatrick today!! @APS_Sport pic.twitter.com/ajZpwLLUu9
%E2%80%94 Brighton Grammar (@BrightonGrammar) February 7, 2015
Jackson did it !!!! Hatrick, what a classic, now has 4 wickets in 5 balls.... 👍🍻
%E2%80%94 Shane Warne (@ShaneWarne) February 7, 2015
Warne senior's hat-trick came on the fifth day of the second Ashes Test of 1994-95 in Melbourne.
Warne had Phil DeFreitas (lbw), Darren Gough (caught Ian Healy) and Devon Malcolm (caught David Boon) out in successive deliveries as Australia romped to a 295-run win en route to a 3-1 series victory.
The hat-trick was rated seventh on cricket.com.au's Top ten Shane Warne moments last year to celebrate the spin wizard's birthday.
While Jackson has emulated one magic moment in his father's career, let's hope he doesn't emulate another role in a hat-trick his father played…
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