Shane Warne’s son Jackson takes a hat-trick

Shane Warne lauded his son Jackson high school hat-trick today, 20 years after his own feat against England in Ashes at Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG).

Earlier today Warne tweeted taking his son to his cricket match.

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Taking my son jackson_warne18 to his cricket match, pretty cool https://t.co/cPjzPDCZSo

— Shane Warne (@ShaneWarne) February 7, 2015

Warne was busy tweeting his son’s achievements during the match. Jackson Warne took four wickets in five balls in their Associated Public Schools of Victoria match against Xavier College. He kept on updating his son’s exploits through his social media accounts, informing his two million Twitter and Instagram followers. A few hours later, proud Warnie excitedly detailed his son’s feat with the ball.

Jackson did it !!!! Hatrick, what a classic, now has 4 wickets in 5 balls….

— Shane Warne (@ShaneWarne) February 7, 2015

After the match, Warne posted his son’s photo with the ball.

Hatrick to this guy @jackson_warne18 !!! Absolute classic, then went on to get 4 wkts in 5 balls, very cool !!!! Well done buddy….

A photo posted by Shane Warne (@shanewarne23) on Feb 6, 2015 at 8:28pm PST

The Australian legendary spinner senior’s hat-trick came on the fifth day of the second Ashes Test of 1994-95 at MCG. His victims included Phil DeFreitas, Darren Gough and Devon Malcolm.