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Curtis Campher Becomes First Male Professional Cricketer to Take Five Wickets in Five Balls

The all-round captain sealed a dominant win that solidified Munster Reds’ position atop Ireland’s premier T20 competition.

Cricket - ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2021 - Round 1 - Group A - Namibia v Ireland - Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates - October 22, 2021 Ireland's Curtis Campher during the warm up before the match REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed/File Photo
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Overview

  • Curtis Campher became the first male professional bowler to dismiss five batsmen in five consecutive deliveries during Munster RedsInter-Provincial T20 Trophy match.
  • He finished with figures of 5 for 16 from 2.3 overs at Dublin’s Pembroke Cricket Club, triggering North-West Warriors’ collapse from 87 for 5 to 88 all out.
  • The 26-year-old captain also top-scored with a 44-run innings in Munster’s 188-7 total, making him the sixth men’s T20 skipper to record 40+ runs and five wickets in the same match.
  • Munster Reds secured a 100-run victory that propelled them to the summit of Cricket Ireland’s Inter-Provincial T20 Trophy standings.
  • The feat builds on Campher’s four-in-four spell at the 2021 T20 World Cup and mirrors a previous five-in-five performance by Zimbabwe’s Kelis Ndhlovu at under-19 level.