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DUBLIN: Ireland’s all-rounder Curtis Campher has etched his name into the history books by becoming the first player to achieve the rare feat of taking five wickets in five balls in professional cricket.

Campher became the first player to scalp five wickets on five balls during the 23rd match of the Inter-Provincial T20 Trophy here at the Pembroke Cricket Club, Sandymount.

He recorded the figures of 5 for 16 in 2.3 overs while playing for Munster Reds against North-West Warriors.

Curtis Campher, also leading the side, took five wickets across his second and third overs. The 26-year-old’s bowling heroics helped his team bowl out the Warriors for just 88 runs.

 

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The opposing team lost half of their wickets from 86 to 88, with the addition of just two runs as Curtis Campher wreaked havoc with the ball.

Jared Wilson was the first of the five wickets to go, getting out off the second-to-last delivery of the 12th over when Campher’s ball swung in and knocked over the off stump.

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On the very next delivery, Graham Hume was out lbw on the back foot as another inswinger hit his pads. This set the stage for Campher to go for a hat-trick at the start of his next over, which he accomplished when Andy McBrine misplayed a slog towards deep midwicket on the first ball of the 14th over.

He then remobed No. 10 Robbie Millar, who was caught behind, while No. 11 Josh Wilso was cleaned up as Campher came around the wicket.

Following his remarkable feat, Curtis Campher expressed his thoughts, outlining his simple plan.

“Because of the change of overs, I wasn’t really sure what was happening,” Campher said. “I just kind of stuck to my guns and kept it real simple, and luckily it kind of went off.”

For the unversed, Curtis Campher has another record to his name, featuring him among the elite list of bowlers who have taken four wickets in four deliveries in T20 cricket.

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Josh Little claimed a national-record six wickets for 36 and Curtis Campher hit a brisk 66 as Ireland beat Zimbabwe by four wickets on Friday to take a 1-0 lead in the ODI series.

Having won the toss and opted to bat first, Zimbabwe slumped to 70-6 before a middle-order revival led by Wellington Masakadza (40) saw the hosts all out for 166 in 42.5 overs.

Seamer Little wreaked havoc in the fourth over, claiming three wickets off five deliveries at Harare Sports Club.

He dismissed Zimbabwe star Sikandar Raza, deputising as captain for injured Craig Ervine, soon after for just two.

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Ireland lost Andy Balbirnie to a golden duck and fellow opener and captain Paul Stirling (14) fell cheaply as the visitors stumbled to 29-2 in an innings briefly halted by rain.

Campher then took charge, striking 10 fours off 71 balls, and stands of 52 with Harry Tector and 43 with Lorcan Tucker set up the tourists to reach 170-6 with 59 balls remaining.

Victory gave Ireland the lead in the three-match series after the first was abandoned due to rain on Wednesday. The final match is scheduled for Sunday.

Player-of-the-match Little said: “It was nice that the team won and I enjoyed some personal success.

“I managed to beat the bat today on a few occasions and it kept the ball new, allowing me to swing it.

“My in-swingers were a decent option to the right-handers, so that is definitely a plan. I was quite sore after my spell so I want to get into an ice bath and be ready for Sunday.”

Stirling, captaining Ireland for the first time on the white-ball tour of Zimbabwe, described the 10 overs of Little as “one of the best spells I have seen”.

“We wanted to go 1-0 up and ticked that box. There is a series to win and we will come back hungry on Sunday.”

Raza said: “We have had too many top-order collapses this year. We needed at least 200 runs to be competitive.”

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GALLE: Ireland posted their highest Test score of 492 on Tuesday as Paul Stirling and Curtis Campher became only the third and fourth Irishmen to hit centuries in cricket’s longest format.

Before rain stopped play on day two in Galle, in reply Sri Lanka were 81 without loss, 411 runs behind, with Nishan Madushka unbeaten on 41 and Dimuth Karunaratne 39 not out.

But the day belonged to Ireland, with Stirling scoring 103 and Campher 111 after captain Andy Balbirnie made 95 on day one.

Lorcan Tucker scored a useful 80 while Prabath Jayasuriya, the home hero of the first Test, took five wickets for 174. Asitha Fernando and Vishwa Fernando took two wickets each.

Ireland only gained Test status in 2017 and have lost all five games so far.

The previous highest Test score was 339 against Pakistan in their inaugural match in 2018.

In punishingly hot and humid conditions, Stirling had retired hurt with cramps on Monday after reaching 74, but came back to the crease on Tuesday after Tucker fell.

Stirling reached his maiden Test hundred in style, upper-cutting Asitha Fernando for six over deep point. He now has centuries in all three formats of the game.

Soon afterwards the same bowler dismissed Stirling for 103 as the batsman hooked a short delivery into the hands of Dhananjaya de Silva on the fine-leg boundary.

Campher was well caught by a diving De Silva at first slip to give Jayasuriya his third wicket in the innings.

Sri Lanka’s openers negotiated the final session without much trouble although Ireland’s quicks found the outside edge of the bat of Madushka with the new ball.

Ireland lost the first Test by an innings and 280 runs.

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HOBART: Ireland secured their first win of the ICC T20 World Cup 2022 as they chased down the mammoth 177-run target to beat Scotland by six wickets, here on Wednesday.

Lower-order batters Curtis Campher and George Dockrell sailed Ireland out of hot waters after they were reduced to 61/4 in the 10th over and raised a match-winning partnership to take their side home.

The pair completely dominated the Scottish bowlers in the latter half of the innings and hoisted 119 runs for the unbeaten fifth wicket stand.

Player of the match, Campher, put up a sensational all-round performance as he grabbed two wickets before playing a quickfire knock of 32-ball 72 laced with seven fours and two sixes.

Dockrell, on the other, contributed with an unbeaten knock of 39 off 27 balls, including four fours and a six.

Scotland bowlers ran through the Irish batters initially as Mark Watt, Brad Wheal, Safyaan Sharif, and Michael Leask took a scalp each to jolt the top order.

Earlier, opener Michael Jones blasted a blistering knock of 86 off 55 balls, aiding Scotland to raise a massive total of 176/5 in the allotted 20 overs after they opted to bat first.

Jones smashed six fours and four sixes to help accelerate the scoreboard and went back to the pavilion only in the penultimate over.

Meanwhile, skipper Richie Berrington and wicket-keeper batter Matthew Cross scored 37 off 27 and 28 off 21, respectively

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Abu Dhabi: Ireland’s Curtis Campher has joined Lasith Malinga and Rashid Khan as the only men with the remarkable feat of taking four wickets in as many balls in T20Is.

The 22-year-old’s heroics came in the 10th over of the Netherlands’ innings against Ireland in their opening match of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2021 in Abu Dhabi.

He dismissed Colin Ackermann, Ryan ten Doeschate and Scott Edwards to take a hat-trick, before adding Roelof van der Merwe to his scalps.

Ackermann was out caught behind on review, having feathered an attempted pull off a shortish ball that seemed to be going down leg. Ten Doeschate was out for a duck, trapped in front by a full and straight one.

Edwards too fell lbw as DRS tracked the ball hitting the leg stump. For the final wicket, van der Merwe dragged a wider delivery onto his stumps and the Irish celebrations were in full force.

Campher is the first one to do this in men’s T20 World Cup. Malinga did it against New Zealand in 2019 in Colombo while Rashid was the first one to do against Ireland in 2019 in Dehradun.

Campher is the second man after Brett Lee in 2007 to take a hat-trick in men’s T20 World Cups.

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