Ireland all-rounder Curtis Campher made history on Thursday by becoming the first-ever player to take five wickets in five balls in all of men’s professional cricket. Campher achieved the feat while playing for Munster Reds against North-West Warriors in the Inter-Provincial T20 Trophy, finishing with figures of 5/16 in 2.3 overs. All five wickets came across Campher’s second and third overs, as the Warriors collapsed from 87/5 to 88 all out in their pursuit of 189. Jared Wilson was the first to fall, dismissed on the penultimate ball of the 12th over. He then trapped Graham Hume leg-before on the next delivery with a sharp inswinger. Campher returned to bowl the 14th over on a hat-trick and struck immediately, removing Andy McBrine who mistimed a slog to deep midwicket. Robbie Millar was next, edging a delivery outside off-stump, followed by Josh Wilson, who was bowled, giving Campher a hat-trick and five wickets in five balls.Also See: Ind vs Eng Live Score
Campher, who had already taken four wickets in four balls in T20Is, becomes the first male cricketer to achieve five in five. The feat has only one other instance in professional cricket—by Zimbabwe women’s player Kelis Ndhlovu for Zimbabwe U19 against Eagles Women in a domestic T20 in 2024.
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In 61 T20Is for Ireland, Campher has scored 924 runs at an average of 21.00 with a strike rate of 125.37, including three fifties. He has also taken 31 wickets with best figures of 4/25 and an average of 34.16.
