Watch - Surrey's Ryan Patel Destroys Somerset By taking 6 Wickets for 5 Runs

In reply to Surrey’s first innings total of 410 on Thursday, Somerset was reasonably placed at 169 for four when Ryan Patel introduced to the attack.

Primarily a middle-order batsman who can bowl medium-pace, Patel had just two career first-class wickets to his name prior to the game.

Well, what followed after that was total carnage, as Patel ran through the Somerset lineup to finish with six wickets for just five runs, including a burst of five dismissals in 11 balls.

In less than half an hour after Patel’s introduction, Somerset was all out for 180 from 169 for four.

Here is a clip showing his devastating spell:

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An incredible flurry of wickets for Ryan Patel! ? #SURvSOM pic.twitter.com/FTS1U2i6L0

— Surrey Cricket (@surreycricket) June 21, 2018

Speaking after the innings, Patel expressed his surprise over the feat and went on to call it weird,

“I don’t think it’s hit home how quickly that actually happened,” he said after play. “That five in 11 (balls), it was … weird.”

He struck on his very first ball when opener Ed Byrom (52) offered no shot and got trapped in front. He then had Lewis Gregory caught at second slip to complete the over. In his next over, he picked up a wicket with the first, fourth and fifth balls to take his maiden five-wicket haul.

His third over was a maiden, and he picked up the final wicket of the innings with the penultimate delivery of his four-over to finish with figures of 6-5 from 3.5 overs.

“It’s all a bit surreal, to be honest, I can hardly believe what’s happened,” he said.

“Our bowling coach Geoff Arnold keeps telling me to keep things simple and not to try and buy wickets. I got one with my first ball which gave me a lot of confidence, and it was coming out really nicely. But I never expected to finish up with six wickets. When I went onto bowl all I was thinking about was keeping an end tied down and supporting Rikki Clarke, who was bowling beautifully for us,” he added.