Hong Kong's top bowler Mohammed Zubair will have to wait until the next millennium to see if he can complete a hat-trick.
In what was a most poetic end to 1999, Zubair took the last two wickets in the Kowloon Cricket Club Templars batting lineup yesterday and will have to wait until the Sunday League resumes on January 9 to add another feather in his already full cap.
Zubair reaped another five-wicket haul - his sixth this season - as JKN Little Sai Wan easily defeated Templars by six wickets to overtake defending champions Pakistan Association at the top of the standings.
The fast bowler, who took his tally to 40 wickets, was again in menacing mood as Templars were bowled out for 137 in the 39th over.
Zubair broke the back of the Templars innings early on when he grabbed a couple of top-order scalps. He then came back for his second spell - three wickets in 14 balls - and wrapped up the innings in stunning fashion.
First, he claimed Faizal Khan leg before wicket and then, with the next ball, clean bowled Papu Butani.
