BBL: List of hat-tricks in Big Bash League history

9. Michael Neser for Brisbane Heat vs Melbourne Renegades (2022-23)

In the ongoing BBL 2022-23, Michale Neser entered the list of hat-trick achievers with his scintillating bowling performance in a losing cause. In the clash against Melbourne Renegades and Brisbane Heat, Neser played out of his skin and outplayed Renegades' top-order batters with his lethal bowling.

Earlier, Brisbane Heat, after winning the toss elected to bat first. With the efforts of Jimmy Pierson's 45* off 30 balls, Matt Renshaw's 29 off 29 deliveries, and Sam Billings’s 25 runs off 19 deliveries, Heat posted 137/8. However, to defend the low total, the Heat bowlers had to deliver an above-par show.

From the start of Renegades' innings, Neser looked dominating as he sent Sam Harper back to the pavilion on his first delivery. Later in the last ball of the first over, Neser also clinched the wicket of Jake Fraser-McGurk. Bowling his second over in the match, Neser picked up a hat-trick dismissing Nic Maddinson and Jonathan Wells too on his first two deliveries. Eventually, the match was won by the Renegades comfortably, but the 32-year-old’s terrific bowling display will be remembered for a long time.