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BBC News
11-07-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
'Disbelief' over Campher's five from five haul
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 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."I think a bit of disbelief, to be honest," he said of the reaction."It's one of those things that you don't really think is going to happen - or can happen - and it just did. "It was just kind of one of those things where everyone else was in shock. I was laughing, PJ (Moor) and a few other guys were also laughing in the team so it was kind of just comical really, but a disbelief." Campher previously took four wickets from four balls for Ireland against the Netherlands in the 2021 T20 World 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 believes both the break and his duties as skipper distracted from the feat."I was worried about the next over and who was bowling and the rate and managing the game for a bit, so then I didn't really realise that I was on a hat-trick," he said."When I got the hat-trick, I was like, 'Listen, there's a new batter in here, I've got to try and hit four from four again'."I managed to nick it off and then when I knew it was a left-hander on strike, so I thought round the wicket and just try and hit the stumps. It got a little bit of nip and down the hill she went."The performance made plenty of headlines throughout the game with Campher pleased to raise the profile of domestic cricket in Ireland."I think any time you can grow the game in Ireland, it's really, really cool," he added."I think the guys in the national team have really pushed that too. You have the front-runners like Kevin [O'Brien] and Stirlo [Paul Stirling], guys that have really pushed the game forward and then hopefully we can try to grow the game more on the Irish soil."Personally, however, Campher feels his place in the history books will take some time to sink in."I think maybe when I retire, I think that might be a moment where I look back and, if I have a few kids, I might say, 'Look, this is what I used to do and this is what I did'."That's quite a cool moment. I think maybe when I'm finished playing in a couple of years' time, I might look back and be like, that's really cool to have under the belt, for sure."But I think for now, it's kind of just business as usual and back to training."
CNA
11-07-2025
- Sport
- CNA
Campher becomes first male cricketer to take five wickets in five balls
Ireland all-rounder Curtis Campher made history by becoming the first male player in professional cricket to claim five wickets in five balls, achieving the feat on Thursday. He did so while playing for Munster Reds during their Inter-Provincial T20 Trophy clash against the North-West Warriors in Dublin, with Munster ultimately winning the match by 100 runs. Campher began his spell by bowling Jared Wilson and trapping Graham Hume lbw to end the 12th over, then returned in the 14th to complete a hat-trick with the dismissal of Andy McBrine, before removing Robbie Millar and Josh Wilson to finish the streak. "I wasn't really sure what was happening," he told Cricket Ireland. "I just kind of stuck to my guns and kept it real simple and luckily it kind of went off." Zimbabwe women's all-rounder Kelis Ndhlovu was the first in achieving the rare feat, after she claimed five wickets in five consecutive balls during a domestic under-19 T20 match against Eagles Women in 2024.
BBC News
10-07-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Ireland's Campher takes five wickets in five balls
Ireland international Curtis Campher has become the first male player to take five wickets from five balls in a professional all-rounder, 26, did so for Munster Reds in their Inter-Provincial T20 Trophy win over the North-West Warriors in Warriors were chasing 189 but collapsed from 87-5 to 88 all out thanks to Campher's sensational Reds captain's first wicket came when he bowled Jared Wilson with the penultimate delivery of the 12th over. Graham Hume was then trapped lbw to conclude the in the 14th, the South Africa-born pace bowler completed the hat-trick when his Ireland international team-mate Andy McBrine was caught at deep Millar was then caught behind before Josh Wilson was bowled for the final who previously took four wickets from four balls against the Netherlands at the 2021 T20 World Cup, was playing his second match since returning from a a finger injury that caused him to miss Ireland's ODI and T20 series against West Indies this Women all-rounder Kelis Ndhlovu previously took five wickets in five balls in a domestic under-19 T20 last year.
