Victoria player Campbell Kellaway completed the catch that defied laws of physics
In a sparsely-believable moment of cricketing excellence, Australia’s Campbell Callaway pulled off a one-handed diving catch during the Sheffield Shield 2024-25 season while playing against Western Australia.
Victoria were bowling in the second innings after setting Western Australia a target of 382. They desperately needed a wicket as the home team inched closer towards the target gradually. The eighth wicket partnership between Cameron Gannon and Joel Paris added 25 runs to the chase when pacer Will Sutherland directed a bouncer at Gannon’s leg stump.
The righthander managed to get under it and pull one behind the wicket as the ball took a top edge towards deep fine leg.
Callaway, fielding at fine leg, backpedalled and then leapt diagonally to his right while falling backwards as he plucked the ball out of thin air while fully stretched.
Victoria players swarmed their teammate as Callaway, surprised by his own feat, got high-fives from his mates.
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It proved to be the difference for the visitors as they managed to dismiss Western Australia for a total of 347 to win by 34 runs. Sutherland (4-79) and Peter Siddle (4-68) were pick of the bowlers for Victoria while Hilton Cartwright (79) and Australia opener Cooper Connelly (56) helped Western Australia get closer to the target.
It was not only just Kellaway’s fielding brilliance but also his batting exploits that earned Victoria the win in Perth. The left-hander carried the bat in the second innings with a sublime 165 as captain Sutherland declared at 370/9.
Siddle and Sutherland were also heroes of the first innings as they claimed a total of six wickets to earn Victoria a slender 11-run lead. However, it was pacer David Moody who triggered the collapse with a brilliant 4-41.
Connolly had topscored in the innings with 56 runs while Jayden Goodwin scored 36.
Victoria, who elected to bat first after winning the toss, were rescued by their tailenders as Fergus O’Neil (26), Todd Murphy (25) and Peter Siddle (21) took them closer to a score of 200.
The win took Victoria to third in the table after 10 First-Class games this season. Currently, South Australia and Queensland are the top two in the six-team table.
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