Ireland allrounder Curtis Campher created history when he became the first player in men’s professional cricketer to take five wickets in as many balls during his side Munster Reds’ win over North-West Warriors in an Inter-Provincial T20 Trophy match on Thursday.
However, he is not the only player to achieve this feat with Zimbabwe Women all-rounder Kelis Ndhlovu doing it first when she took five wickets in five balls for Zimbabwe U-19 against Eagles Women in a domestic T20 tournament in 2024.
Campher, meanwhile, is also part of an elite list of bowlers who has taken 4 wickets in 4 balls in T20 internationals.
Wow!! Five wickets in five balls.
Curtis Campher doing Curtis Campher things.#ICYMI #Cricket #5in5 pic.twitter.com/epkF0HDclM
— Cricket Ireland (@cricketireland) July 11, 2025
The 26-year-old Munster Reds captain and right-arm pacer took his five wickets across his second and third overs as North-West Warriors slumped from 87 for 5 to 88 all out in 13.3 overs while chasing 189.
He finished with 5 for 16 from 2.3 overs at the Pembroke Cricket Club, Sandymount, Dublin.
Jared Wilson, the first of the five wickets, was out off the penultimate delivery of the 12th over when Campher got the ball to swing in and crash into off stump. Next ball, Graham Hume was trapped lbw off another inswinger.
That put Campher on a hat-trick at the start of his next over, and it came when Andy McBrine was dismissed on the first ball of the 14th over. His next two balls got rid of No. 10 Robbie Millar (0) and No. 11 Josh Wilson (0) to complete his five wicket haul. PTI Earlier, Munster Reds had scored 188 for 7 in 20 overs after electing to bat.
“Performances aside, it has been really good just to be around the boys. When you get injured, it’s a bit of a dark place, when you get into the gym and stuff like that. So it has been really nice, just been treated with the weather too. So I have been really enjoying myself and putting pressure on myself to do well and it has kind of made me work for the last little bit,” Campher said as per ESPNCricinfo.
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He has played seven Tests, 43 ODIs and 61 T20Is since making debut for Ireland in 2020.
