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Full name | Benjamin Ian Kellaway | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Newport, Wales | 25 January 2004||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm off break | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2023 | Glamorgan (squad no. 8) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First-class debut | 3 September 2023 Glamorgan v Worcestershire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
List A debut | 4 August 2023 Glamorgan v Worcestershire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:ESPNcricinfo,29 September 2023 |
Benjamin Ian Kellaway (born 5 January 2004) is a Welsh cricketer who plays for Glamorgan County Cricket Club. Born in Newport,he is a right-handed batter and bowls off spin. He came through the Glamorgan academy and was named in their team to play against Cardiff MCCU in a pre-season match in April 2022. [1]
He earned his first senior contract with Glamorgan in October 2022. [2] He was then included in the squad for Glamorgan's first three games of the Twenty20 season in 2023,against Gloucestershire,Somerset and Middlesex. [3] He made his debut on 26 May 2023 in a two-wicket win against Gloucestershire; [4] he bowled one over,conceding seven runs,and scored three runs off six deliveries with the bat. [5] He played in the four-wicket defeat to Somerset two days later,scoring just one run off four balls with the bat,and conceding 10 runs off his single over of bowling,though he did take a catch. [6] He was left out for the game against Middlesex on 31 May due to a clash with his university exams, [7] and was not included for their first home game against Kent on 2 June. [8] With several senior Glamorgan players having been called up to play in The Hundred or simply rested,Kellaway returned to action in the opening match of Glamorgan's 2023 One-Day Cup campaign against Worcestershire. [9] Coming in with Glamorgan at 72/4,he shared a stand of 65 runs with captain Kiran Carlson and eventually top-scored with 82 runs as they finished with a total of 199;however,Worcestershire chased down the target to win by four wickets,Kellaway conceding 18 runs off his four overs. [10]
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