Curtis Campher: I was ‘very fortunate’ to take four wickets in four balls

Campher, 22, became only the third player to achieve the feat in a T20 international, following in the footsteps of Afghanistan leg-spinner Rashid Khan and Sri Lanka paceman Lasith Malinga

Ireland’s Curtis Campher celebrates the wicket of The Netherlands' Ryan ten Doeschate. Picture: INPHO/Pankaj Nangia

Curtis Campher admitted he was “very fortunate” to make Twenty20 World Cup history by taking four wickets in four balls as Ireland kicked off their campaign with a dominant seven-wicket win over Holland.

The 22-year-old became only the third player to achieve the feat in a T20 international, following in the footsteps of Afghanistan leg-spinner Rashid Khan and Sri Lanka paceman Lasith Malinga.