Wānaka’s Sam Harper (17) achieved a rare feat on Saturday (November 15) at the Luggate Cricket Ground, scoring a double century (233 runs) and taking five wickets for the Wānaka Cricket Club in its win against Queenstown Coronet.

Sam’s 233 (not out) came off just 126 balls and his bowling conceded just one run finishing with figures of five for one.

“It [batting] felt good and I was definitely seeing the ball well,” Sam said. “I was pretty happy with it.”

Sam said it was the first time this season he’d been asked to bowl, being called on when Queenstown were cruising in its run chase. Despite his “tired legs”, Sam’s bowling stint, in partnership with team mate Will Anderson (4/11), changed the match resulting in a 180 run win.

Sam scored 121 for Otago against Auckland at the national under 17 tournament earlier this year.

Team mate Jono Homer, who batted with Sam for much of his innings on Saturday, said it was a pleasure to watch.

“He was playing all the shots and when someone's in that form you don’t want to stop them facing,” Jono said.

“It was pretty noticeable in preseason just the way he [Sam] was hitting the ball - it was just a different sound to everyone else batting.”

In just three matches this season Sam has scored a 70 ball hundred and a 19 ball fifty to go with his double century.

In a post on social media the Wānaka Cricket Club said that “to have a game like that at any age is almost unthinkable, let alone for a 17 year old”.

Earlier this year Sam captained the Otago U17 cricket team at the national tournament where he was one of the top five batters at the tournament scoring a century against tournament winners Auckland.

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