Matthew Fisher has revealed his delight at returning an A star performance on his Twenty20 debut for Yorkshire on Friday.

The 17-year-old dismantled Derbyshire’s batting line-up with 5-22 from 3.2 overs in the Vikings’ NatWest T20 Blast opening seven-wicket win at Headingley.

Fisher became only the third bowler in Yorkshire’s history to take five wickets in a 20-over match.

And it was all done with the pressure of A-Level exams weighing on his shoulders.

“It was brilliant,” said the seamer, who is currently completing his studies in maths, PE and psychology and has been ruled out of Championship cricket until June 5 as a result.

“I said to the umpire when I was coming off, ‘can you pinch me please because I think I’m dreaming’.

“I was going to do some revision before the match, but then I decided to just focus on the cricket.”

Fisher has played a handful of first-team matches across all forms for Yorkshire since debuting in one-day cricket aged 15 in 2013, and he looks at ease at this level.

“It’s daunting, I can assure you!” he quipped. “If you want this to be your career, you can’t really let it affect you. You’ve got to go out there and enjoy it. If you do mess up, there’s no point thinking about it and worrying.

“Sometimes you are going to have your days and sometimes you’re not. I could bowl the same like that in the next match and go for 50 in four overs.”