Randall took the primary wicket of his 5 in a row on the finish of his second over earlier than taking the remaining from the beginning of his third over as Northern Districts slumped from 4-0 to 9-5.
The correct-arm medium pacer had figures of 5-2 at that time and in addition took a wicket with the primary ball of his third over to make it six wickets in eight balls.
He dismissed one other batter with the fifth ball of his third over and completed with figures of 7-25.
“It will get drummed into us rather a lot that we do not need to go trying to find wickets, so I used to be attempting to only preserve bowling the identical ball, and our ‘Plan A’ that we would talked about, and it got here off,” mentioned Randall.
“I had no concept that it was the primary time it [five wicket in five balls in first-class cricket] had occurred on the earth, it is significantly cool.
“I imply, I do not actually have any phrases in the meanwhile, to be sincere. I will take it.”
Whereas it’s the first time a participant has achieved the feat in first-class cricket, it isn’t the primary time a participant has taken 5 wickets in 5 balls in all codecs.
Eire worldwide Curtis Campher became the first male player to do so in an expert match in July 2025 in a home T20 recreation.
Zimbabwe Girls all-rounder Kelis Ndhlovu beforehand took 5 wickets in 5 balls in a home under-19 T20 in 2024.
