{"id":495522,"date":"2026-02-21T22:23:18","date_gmt":"2026-02-21T22:23:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/495522\/"},"modified":"2026-02-21T22:23:18","modified_gmt":"2026-02-21T22:23:18","slug":"kellaway-ton-in-vain-as-curtis-takes-wa-to-victory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/495522\/","title":{"rendered":"Kellaway ton in vain as Curtis takes WA to victory"},"content":{"rendered":"

Western Australia keeper maintains strong form in dead-rubber final One-Day Cup game<\/p>\n

Western Australia v Victoria | One-Day Cup<\/p>\n

A match-winning knock from Joel Curtis has overshadowed Campbell Kellaway’s century as Western Australia claimed an eight-wicket victory over Victoria in the One-Day Cup.<\/p>\n

After scoring 75 in his side’s thrilling one-wicket win against Tasmania on February 10, Curtis continued his fine form to help the Western Australians finish their season on a high.<\/p>\n

His 91 off 83 deliveries set up WA for a comfortable chase of Victoria’s 231-run target at the WACA Ground on Saturday.<\/p>\n

But the 26-year-old was cruelly denied a second century in the competition as his extra-cover strike nestled into a diving Matt Short’s hands with his side needing just 37 more to win.<\/p>\n

Kellaway holds Vics innings together with lone-hand ton<\/p>\n

Curtis had allies in Cameron Bancroft (70 off 107) as they established a 134-run second-wicket partnership, and opener Sam Fanning, who had pushed the tempo early with a run-a-ball 31.<\/p>\n

Bancroft whacked the winning runs in the 40th over as Western Australia finished on 2-233.<\/p>\n

In a positive for the visitors, Kellaway fired a match-high 105 from 117 balls to save them from a humiliating low score after they were sent in to bat.<\/p>\n

It took a full toss from seamer Matthew Kelly to dismiss the 23-year-old after his shot to long-on found the safe hands of Ashton Turner in the 49th over.<\/p>\n

Fortunate Fanning’s unbelievable leave goes for six<\/p>\n

Opener Short was the next highest scorer for the Victorians with 35 off 43 balls as the visitors struggled to build any serious momentum.<\/p>\n

WA’s Bryce Jackson continued his red-hot bowling form, grabbing 4-40 after collecting four wickets in his previous One-Day Cup outing against Tasmania.<\/p>\n

Young gun Will Malajczuk, 18, also snared 2-48, including the key scalp of Peter Handscomb for a duck.<\/p>\n

Victoria finished their season at the bottom of the ladder after making the final last campaign, while Western Australia ended in fourth spot.<\/p>\n

One-Day Cup 2025-26 standings<\/p>\n

Team<\/p>\n

\n Matches played\n <\/p>\n

M<\/p>\n

\n Wins\n <\/p>\n

W<\/p>\n

\n Losses\n <\/p>\n

L<\/p>\n

\n Ties\n <\/p>\n

T<\/p>\n

\n No results\n <\/p>\n

N\/R<\/p>\n

\n Net Run Rate\n <\/p>\n

NRR<\/p>\n

\n Deductions\n <\/p>\n

Ded.<\/p>\n

\n Batting Bonus\n <\/p>\n

Bat<\/p>\n

\n Total points\n <\/p>\n

PTS<\/p>\n

1
\n \"Tasmanian
\n Tasmanian Tigers Men
\n TAS<\/p>\n

7
\n 5
\n 2
\n 0
\n 0
\n 0.33
\n 0
\n 2
\n 22<\/p>\n

2
\n \"NSW
\n NSW Men
\n NSW<\/p>\n

7
\n 4
\n 3
\n 0
\n 0
\n 0.765
\n 0
\n 3
\n 19<\/p>\n

3
\n \"Queensland
\n Queensland Bulls
\n QLD<\/p>\n

7
\n 4
\n 3
\n 0
\n 0
\n 0.607
\n 0
\n 2
\n 18<\/p>\n

4
\n \"Western
\n Western Australia Men
\n WA<\/p>\n

7
\n 4
\n 3
\n 0
\n 0
\n 0.127
\n 0.5
\n 2
\n 17.5<\/p>\n

5
\n \"South
\n South Australia Men
\n SA<\/p>\n

7
\n 2
\n 5
\n 0
\n 0
\n -0.911
\n 0
\n 2
\n 10<\/p>\n

6
\n \"Victoria
\n Victoria Men
\n VIC<\/p>\n

7
\n 2
\n 5
\n 0
\n 0
\n -0.916
\n 0
\n 0
\n 8<\/p>\n

Legend<\/p>\n

M: Matches played<\/p>\n

W: Wins<\/p>\n

L: Losses<\/p>\n

T: Ties<\/p>\n

N\/R: No results<\/p>\n

NRR: Net Run Rate<\/p>\n

Ded.: Deductions<\/p>\n

Bat: Batting Bonus<\/p>\n

PTS: Total points<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Western Australia keeper maintains strong form in dead-rubber final One-Day Cup game Western Australia v Victoria | One-Day…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":495523,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[564],"tags":[64,63,740,85,83],"class_list":["post-495522","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-cricket","tag-sports","tag-text"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/495522","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=495522"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/495522\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/495523"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=495522"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=495522"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=495522"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}