Glamorgan’s Ben Kellaway took wickets bowling with both his right and left arms in his team’s emphatic MetroBank One-Day Cup win over Surrey.
Kellaway’s default style of bowling is right-arm off-spin, but he has been working on his left-arm orthodox and has recently trialled it in the Glamorgan second XI.
He has now unfurled it in the first team, with immediate success. He castled Surrey’s Conor McKerr, a right-hander, bowling left-arm round the wicket, before picking up last man Matt Dunn, a left-hander, bowling right-arm off-spin from round the wicket. Dunn was pinned lbw.
Such skill is rare. Kellaway, 20, is thought to be the first bowler in 44 years to take wickets with both arms in a county game, since Kent’s Charles Rowe in 1980. The Sri Lankan spinner Kamindu Mendis has bowled with both arms in international cricket.
“It’s been in the works for a while,” said Kellaway. “I’ve worked hard on it this winter, and it’s nice to have the opportunity and the backing from my teams-mates and the coaching staff to actually bring it out and express my skills. It’s nice that it came off.”
Colin Ingram, the former South Africa batsman who was captaining Glamorgan, said: “He’s an exciting talent. It’s exciting to see what he can do. That’s been the message from Grant [Bradburn, the Glamorgan coach]. See how far you can take it and what you can do with it. Credit to him, it takes a lot of work and talent. It’s great to see him do well with it.”
Kellaway helped Glamorgan to an easy win in front of 6,000 fans at the Oval. Surrey were bowled out for 121 in 34 overs, with Ben Foakes top-scoring with 44, before Glamorgan knocked their target off three down inside 16 overs, with Ingram making 29 not out.
Elsewhere in the competition, Rocky Flintoff – the 16-year-old son of England legend Andrew – became the youngest first-team player in Lancashire’s history, when he made his debut against Kent at Blackpool. Batting No 6, Flintoff made 12 as Lancashire fell six short of chasing 210. Keaton Jennings carried his bat for 107 not out.
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