Ireland’s Curtis sets record with 5 wickets off 5 balls

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Curtis Campher

Ireland international Curtis Campher said his Munster Reds team-mates were “in shock” as he became the first male cricketer to take five wickets from five balls in a professional game.

The 26-year-old all-rounder, who finished with figures of 5-16, produced the spectacular spell in his side’s 100-run Inter-Provincial T20 Trophy win over the North West Warriors in Dublin on Thursday.

Campher previously took four wickets from four balls for Ireland against the Netherlands in the 2021 T20 World Cup.

He was captaining the Reds on Thursday and produced the first two wickets of his haul in the 12th over before resuming bowling duties in the 14th to finish off his piece of cricketing history.

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