5 in 5! Ireland pacer Curtis Campher becomes first man to take five wickets in five balls in professional cricket
Updated 10 Jul 2025, 08:12 PM IST Curtis Campher (in front) took five wickets in five balls for Munster Reds during Inter-Provincial T20 Trophy.(X)
Ireland's Curtis Campher created history on Thursday by taking five wickets in five balls - the first-ever instance in men's professional cricket. Campher achieved the feat while playing for Munster Reds in a match of Inter-Provincial T20 Trophy against North-West Warriors. He recorded figures of 5/16 in his 2.3 overs.
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WATCH: Irish cricketer Curtis Campher creates history, takes 5 wickets in 5 deliveries
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 — 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. He has played seven Tests, 43 ODIs and 61 T20Is since making debut for Ireland in 2020.
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Campher records most consecutive wickets in professional cricket; full list
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3 days ago
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Ireland's Curtis Campher takes 5 wickets in 5 balls, creates history; bowler grabs 2 hat-tricks 2 overs in another match
Ireland pacer Curtis Campher scripted history when he turned up for Munster Reds against North-West Warriors in the Inter-Provincial T20 Trophy. The 26-year-old scalped five wickets on five consecutive balls, becoming the first man to do so in professional cricket. He finished with figures of 5/16 in 2.3 overs. Campher, who was leading Munster Reds, took his five wickets across his second and third overs, and his effort saw Warriors being reduced from 87/5 to 88 all out in their chase of 189. Ireland's Curtis Campher takes 5 wickets in 5 balls, creates history(X) Jared Wilson was his first wicket. His other four scalps were Graham Hume, Andy McBrine, Robbie Miller and Josh Wilson. "Because of the change of overs, I wasn't really sure what was happening," Campher said, according to ESPNcricinfo. 'I just kind of stuck to my guns and kept it real simple, and luckily it kind of went off,' he added. It must be mentioned that Campher is also on the list of bowlers who have taken four wickets in four balls in T20Is. Campher was playing his second match after sustaining a finger injury that had ruled him out of the ODI and T20I series against the West Indies. '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,' said Campher. '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,' he added. However, the feat of taking five wickets in five balls has been achieved earlier, but in women's cricket. Zimbabwe allrounder Kelis Ndhlovu had scalped five in five while playing for the U19 team against Eagles Women in the domestic T20 tournament in 2024. 2 hat-tricks in 2 overs It's not just Curtis Campher who scripted history on Thursday. A cricketer from Suffolk also entered the record books as he took two hat-tricks in consecutive overs. Spinner Kishor Kumar Sadhak achieved the exceptional feat while playing for Ipswich and Colchester Cricket Club. The 37-year-old finished with figures of 6-21 against Kesgrave in the County Championship Division Six match. Of his six wickets, five were bowled, while the other one was caught. "After the match, I got plenty of phone calls," Sadhak told BBC. "We went to a restaurant and we enjoyed drinks and food. We spent almost two and a half hours there. It was a very lovely moment," he added. Two hat-tricks is a very rare feat. For those unaware, Australia pacer Mitchell Starc had also achieved this feat while playing for New South Wales in a Sheffield Shield match in 2017. The feat was also achieved in England 113 years ago at Old Trafford when Australia's Jimmy Matthews took two hat-tricks against South Africa.
