Ireland's Campher takes four wickets in four balls

Group A got off to a stunning start at the ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2021 with Curtis Campher taking four wickets in four balls as Ireland dispatched the Netherlands

Campher’s astonishing four-wicket haul came in the tenth over of the innings after the Netherlands had won the toss and chosen to bat first in Match 3 of the tournament.

The tumble of middle-order wickets saw the Dutch limp to 106 all out. And Ireland made the chase look straightforward, chasing it down with 29 balls and seven wickets remaining.

A solid partnership between O’Dowd and Colin Ackermann seemed to be leading the Netherlands to a workable total, but Campher had other ideas, taking a remarkable four wickets in four balls to rip through the Netherlands' middle order.

The 22-year-old right-armer picked up Colin Ackermann, Ryan ten Doeschate, Scott Edwards and Roelof van der Merwe in four consecutive balls in his second over and the tenth of the innings to put Ireland firmly in control and leave the Dutch 52/6.

Campher became the third man in T20I history to take four in four, and the first to do so in a T20 World Cup match. Only Rashid Khan and Lasith Malinga have also managed the feat, both in 2019.