'disbelief' Over Campher's Five From Five Haul

Ireland world Curtis Campher said his Munster Reds team-mates were "in shock" arsenic he became nan first antheral cricketer to return 5 wickets from 5 balls successful a master game.

The 26-year-old all-rounder, who vanished pinch figures of 5-16, produced nan spectacular spell successful his side's 100-run Inter-Provincial T20 Trophy win complete nan North West Warriors successful Dublin connected Thursday.

"I deliberation a spot of disbelief, to beryllium honest," he said of nan reaction.

"It's 1 of those things that you don't really deliberation is going to hap - aliases tin hap - and it conscionable did.

"It was conscionable benignant of 1 of those things wherever everyone other was successful shock. I was laughing, PJ (Moor) and a fewer different guys were besides laughing successful nan squad truthful it was benignant of conscionable comical really, but a disbelief."

Campher antecedently took 4 wickets from 4 balls for Ireland against nan Netherlands successful nan 2021 T20 World Cup.

He was captaining nan Reds connected Thursday and produced nan first 2 wickets of his haul successful nan 12th complete earlier resuming bowling duties successful nan 14th to decorativeness disconnected his portion of cricketing history.

He believes some nan break and his duties arsenic skipper distracted from nan feat.

"I was worried astir nan adjacent complete and who was bowling and nan complaint and managing nan crippled for a bit, truthful past I didn't really realise that I was connected a hat-trick," he said.

"When I sewage nan hat-trick, I was like, 'Listen, there's a caller batter successful here, I've sewage to effort and deed 4 from 4 again'.

"I managed to nick it disconnected and past erstwhile I knew it was a left-hander connected strike, truthful I thought information nan wicket and conscionable effort and deed nan stumps. It sewage a small spot of nip and down nan elevation she went."

The capacity made plentifulness of headlines passim nan crippled pinch Campher pleased to raise nan floor plan of home cricket successful Ireland.

"I deliberation immoderate clip you tin turn nan crippled successful Ireland, it's really, really cool," he added.

"I deliberation nan guys successful nan nationalist squad person really pushed that too. You person nan front-runners for illustration Kevin [O'Brien] and Stirlo [Paul Stirling], guys that person really pushed nan crippled guardant and past hopefully we tin effort to turn nan crippled much connected nan Irish soil."

Personally, however, Campher feels his spot successful nan history books will return immoderate clip to descend in.

"I deliberation possibly erstwhile I retire, I deliberation that mightiness beryllium a infinitesimal wherever I look backmost and, if I person a fewer kids, I mightiness say, 'Look, this is what I utilized to do and this is what I did'.

"That's rather a cool moment. I deliberation possibly erstwhile I'm vanished playing successful a mates of years' time, I mightiness look backmost and beryllium like, that's really cool to person nether nan belt, for sure.

"But I deliberation for now, it's benignant of conscionable business arsenic accustomed and backmost to training."