Ireland's Curtis Campher makes history by taking five wickets in five balls

"I just kind of stuck to my guns and kept it real simple and luckily it kind of went off," he told Cricket Ireland.

FIVE OF THE BEST: Ireland's Curtis Campher has made history as he became the first male player to take five wickets from five balls in a professional match. Photo by Ishara S. KODIKARA / AFP. Photo by ISHARA S. KODIKARA/AFP via Getty Images.

Ireland's Curtis Campher has made history by becoming the first male player to take five wickets from five balls in a professional match.

The 26-year-old achieved the feat, which was spread across to separate overs, while in action for the Munster Reds in their Inter-Provincial T20 Trophy victory over the North-West Warriors in Dublin.

The Warriors were chasing 189 but collapsed from 87-5 to 88 all out, largely down to the impressive showing from the all-rounder.

Campher almost sealed this piece of history four years ago but he could only take four wickets from four balls against the Netherlands at the T20 World Cup.

He was able to go one better this time around though, despite only making his second appearance since returning from a finger injury that caused him to miss Ireland's ODI and T20 series against West Indies.

"I wasn't really sure what was happening," Campher told Cricket Ireland.

"I just kind of stuck to my guns and kept it real simple and luckily it kind of went off.

"Performances aside, it has been really good just to be around the boys.

"When you get injured, it's a bit of a dark place when you get into the gym and stuff like that, so it has been really nice.

"I have been really enjoying myself and putting pressure on myself to do well."