Watch: History of 5 wickets in 5 balls in Ireland's professional game
Watch the history of 5 wickets in 5 balls to be made in Ireland's professional game.
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Before July 10, 2025, there were six instances of a bowler picking up four wickets in four balls, with the latest coming last year by Herman Fernell for Argentina. But that was the second occasion of a bowler picking five wickets in five deliveries. Quite interestingly, Curtis Campher is the common link of both the records, as he got the first record in 2021 against the Netherlands in Abu Dhabi.
The Ireland all-rounder got five wickets in five balls for the Munster Reds against North-West Warriors in the Inter-Provincial T20 trophy and ended with magical figures of 5/16 in 2.3 overs. Across the second and third overs, he took those wickets as the opposition fell from 87/5 to 88 all out. The last wicket was of Josh Wilson, who had no idea of the ball swinging back.
In the very previous delivery, Robbie Millar went deep into the crease and poked it to the wicket-keeper. Later, on the first ball of the 14th over, Andy McBrine, who made 29 runs in 26 balls, looked to launch on the back foot over the cow corner. But he didn’t have much power in the shot as Doheny grabbed a fine catch after using his eyes to shade the sun.
Watch: Curtis Campher takes 5 wickets in 5 balls to make history
The entire drama started on the penultimate ball of the 12th over when Jared Wilson was on the backfoot in front of the swinging ball. Campher hit him on the pads through the huge gap between bat and ball as the ball swung back immensely. Hume was the second ball to get dismissed in the same leg before the stumps fashion. The bowler didn’t even try to appeal as the umpire was nearly reluctant to raise his finger.
‘Because of the change of overs, I wasn't really sure what was happening. I just kind of stuck to my guns and kept it real simple and luckily it kind of went off.’ Campher expressed at the end of the innings before jokingly adding that he wouldn’t be thinking of having a double hat-trick if the possibility was there.
However, as mentioned earlier, it was the first occasion of a bowler picking five wickets in five balls. The honour belongs to Zimbabwe women's all-rounder, Kelis Ndhlovu, who grabbed the feat for their U-19 side against the Eagles Women in the domestic T20 event last year.
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