Eire all-rounder Curtis Campher. — AFP/File
Eire’s Curtis Campher has written his identify into the document books of cricket by changing into the primary male cricketer in skilled historical past to take 5 wickets in 5 balls.
The all-rounder achieved the outstanding feat on Thursday whereas taking part in for Munster Reds in a home T20 Trophy match towards the North-West Warriors in Dublin.
The sport in query ended with Munster finally profitable by 100 runs.
Campher started his spell by bowling Jared Wilson and trapping Graham Hume lbw to finish the twelfth over, then returned within the 14th to finish a hat-trick with the dismissal of Andy McBrine, earlier than eradicating Robbie Millar and Josh Wilson to complete the streak.
“I wasn’t really sure what was happening,” he instructed Cricket Eire. “I just kind of stuck to my guns and kept it real simple and luckily it kind of went off.”
Zimbabwe ladies’s all-rounder Kelis Ndhlovu was the primary to attain the uncommon feat, after she claimed 5 wickets in 5 consecutive balls throughout a home under-19 T20 match towards Eagles Ladies in 2024.
