Overview
- The sequence came on day two of a Plunket Shield match at McLean Park, where he dismissed Henry Cooper, Jeet Raval, Joe Carter, Robert O’Donnell and Kristian Clarke in consecutive deliveries.
- He then made it six wickets in eight balls and completed career-best figures of 7 for 25 as Northern Districts were bowled out for 82.
- Central Districts had posted 373 and enforced the follow-on after Northern Districts' collapse.
- Cricket statisticians with the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians confirmed no prior instance of five wickets in five balls in first-class matches since records began in 1772.
- Randell said he was "pretty blown away" and focused on repeating his line and length, adding he did not realize the feat had never been achieved before in first-class cricket.