Quick Answer
Campbell Kellaway is a left handed Victorian batter who has never played senior international cricket for Australia, but who has been repeatedly picked for Australia A and tipped by his own state coach as a future Test opener. He has scored 2,333 first class runs at an average of 31.52 with a top score of 165 not out, 541 List A runs at 36.06, and 255 runs across T20 and domestic league cricket at 18.21, all of it with Melbourne Stars in the BBL. In November 2025, former Australian Test opener and current Victoria coach Chris Rogers called him a “ready-made Test player” and pointed to him as a possible long term successor to Usman Khawaja.
If you just wanted the short version: he is 23 years old, born on 1 November 2002, bats left handed, bowls a bit of left arm orthodox spin, and as of the 2026 season has zero Test, ODI, or T20I caps for Australia. Everything else, including his full stat tables, his BBL only numbers, and the story behind his rise, is below.
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Campbell Kellaway: Biography at a Glance
| Field | Details |
|---|---|
| Full Name | Campbell James Kellaway (Campbell Kellaway) |
| Born | 1 November 2002, Victoria, Australia |
| Age | 23 |
| Height | Not officially confirmed by Cricinfo, Cricket Australia, or his club profiles |
| Weight | Not publicly listed |
| Batting Style | Left handed |
| Bowling Style | Left arm orthodox spin, per ESPNcricinfo and Wikipedia, though some club sites list him as an off spin option instead |
| Playing Role | Top order to middle order batter |
| International Caps | None at senior level as of the 2026 season |
| School | Caulfield Grammar School, Melbourne |
| FC Debut | 24 November 2022, Victoria vs Tasmania |
| List A Debut | November 2022, Victoria vs Queensland |
| BBL Debut | 2022/23 season, Melbourne Stars |
According to Campbell Kellaway’s official Cricinfo profile, he bats left handed as a top order to middle order batter and bowls slow left arm orthodox spin, and his Wikipedia record confirms he has no international debut of any kind at senior level.
Teams Campbell Kellaway Has Played For
| Team | Format | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Victoria | First Class / List A | 2022/23 to present |
| Melbourne Stars | Big Bash League | 2022/23 to present |
| Cricket Australia XI | Tour matches | 2022 to present |
| Australia Under 19 | Youth international | 2022 |
| Australia A | Youth/development international | 2023, 2025, 2026 |
Campbell Kellaway came through Victoria’s junior pathway, representing the state at Under 15, Under 17, and Under 18 emerging level, before starring for Caulfield Grammar School and breaking into senior state cricket.
How Did Campbell Kellaway’s Career Start?
Campbell Kellaway grew up playing his junior cricket in Victoria and moved through the state’s age group system, representing Victoria at Under 15, Under 17, and Under 18 emerging level while at Caulfield Grammar School. His name first reached a wider audience in early 2022, when he was picked as one of Australia’s opening batters for the Under 19 Cricket World Cup, finishing as the country’s second highest run scorer at that tournament.
Later that same year he signed with the Cricket Australia XI pathway and made his List A debut for Victoria against Queensland in November 2022, quickly followed by his first class debut against Tasmania on 24 November 2022. He also joined the Melbourne Stars squad around the same time, and has stayed with the club ever since.
His rise from there was not instant. He played only a handful of first class matches across his first two seasons before earning his first Australia A call up in March 2023, a squad that also featured established names like Peter Handscomb. It was a strong early signal that selectors were watching him closely, even while his overall numbers were still modest.
Why Hasn’t Campbell Kellaway Played Test Cricket for Australia Yet?
This is the question most fans actually type into Google, so let’s answer it plainly. As of the 2026 season, Campbell Kellaway has never played a Test, ODI, or T20I for Australia. That might surprise some fans, given how often his name comes up alongside genuine Test prospects.
Part of the answer is simply age and experience. He is only 23, and Australia’s top order picture already includes an established incumbent in Usman Khawaja plus other young hopefuls such as Sam Konstas and Jake Weatherald, all competing for the same opening slots. Kellaway’s overall numbers have also been a little uneven. His breakout 2024-25 Sheffield Shield season produced an average in the low forties, but his follow up 2025-26 campaign, while it contained some of his best individual innings, brought his overall summer average back down into the high twenties.
What keeps him firmly in the selection conversation is the pattern of his call ups. He has been named in Australia A squads in 2023, twice in 2025, and again for a 2026 tour, and he has also featured for the Cricket Australia XI against touring international sides. In November 2025, Victoria head coach and former Test opener Chris Rogers said publicly that Kellaway had proven he could be Australia’s long term successor to Khawaja, describing him as a “ready-made Test player” after watching him fight through a hostile spell from Mitchell Starc. That is about as strong an endorsement as a domestic player can get without an actual Baggy Green.
What Happened in Campbell Kellaway’s Breakout Seasons?
Two Australian summers explain why Kellaway’s name is everywhere in domestic cricket coverage right now.
The 2024-25 Season: A State Run Machine
In 2024-25, Campbell Kellaway was moved up to open the batting for Victoria and delivered his best season yet. He scored his maiden first class century against Queensland in November 2024, then followed it with an unbeaten 165 that helped seal a Sheffield Shield win for Victoria at the WACA Ground, still his highest score in any format. He finished the Shield season with 738 runs, the most of any Victorian batter that summer. According to Cricket Victoria’s own profile of him, the youngest player to top that column for the state since Peter Handscomb. He also struck his maiden List A century, 117 not out, during the Dean Jones Trophy finals series, helping push Victoria deep into that competition.
The 2025-26 Season: Facing the Big Guns
The following season tested him against far sharper bowling. In October 2025 he made 147 against Tasmania, his third first class century. A month later, opening for Victoria against a New South Wales attack that included Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood, Sean Abbott, and Nathan Lyon at the SCG, Kellaway took a physical battering, wearing several deliveries on the body and gloves during a tense post lunch passage of play, before grinding out a gutsy 51. That knock is what prompted Chris Rogers’ now widely quoted comparison to Khawaja.
Weeks later, playing for the Prime Minister’s XI against an England XI during the 2025-26 Ashes tour, Kellaway made 82 from 126 balls opening the batting alongside Test-capped teammate Sam Konstas, further building his case in front of national selectors even though his overall Shield average for that season settled in the high twenties rather than matching his career-best campaign.
Both seasons together explain the picture fans see today: a player with obvious class against the toughest bowling attacks in the country, but not yet the consistent, season-long numbers that usually accompany a Test debut.
How Tall Is Campbell Kellaway? Height and Weight
Campbell Kellaway’s exact height and weight are not published on ESPNcricinfo, Cricket Australia, Cricket Victoria, or Melbourne Stars’ official player pages. This is fairly common for younger domestic players who have not yet been capped internationally, since official measurements are typically only recorded once a player reaches the senior national set up.
If an official figure is released in the future, this section will be updated. Treat any specific number you find elsewhere online with caution, since it has not been confirmed by a credible source.
Campbell Kellaway First Class (FC) Career Record
First Class Batting and Fielding
| Matches | Innings | Not Out | Runs | Highest Score | Average | Strike Rate | 100s | 50s | 4s / 6s | Catches |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 44 | 80 | 6 | 2333 | 165* | 31.52 | 42.25 | 3 | 13 | 280 / 8 | 30 |
Thirteen fifties alongside three centuries shows a batter who gets in regularly but is still working on turning more of those starts into big scores, which lines up with the ups and downs of his last two Shield seasons.
First Class Bowling
| Matches | Innings | Overs | Runs | Wickets | Best Bowling | Average | Economy | Strike Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 44 | 14 | 49.5 | 216 | 2 | 1/0 | 108.00 | 4.36 | 148.5 |
His bowling is very much a part time option rather than a genuine second string, with only 2 wickets from 44 matches.
Campbell Kellaway List A (Domestic 50 Over) Career Record
List A Batting and Fielding
| Matches | Innings | Not Out | Runs | Highest Score | Average | Strike Rate | 100s | 50s | 4s / 6s | Catches |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 | 16 | 1 | 541 | 117* | 36.06 | 81.35 | 2 | 1 | 59 / 8 | 8 |
His List A average of 36.06, well above his first class and T20 numbers, points to the 50 over format suiting his patient, technically sound style particularly well.
List A Bowling
| Matches | Innings | Overs | Runs | Wickets | Best Bowling | Average | Economy | Strike Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 | 5 | 25.0 | 117 | 5 | 2/25 | 23.40 | 4.68 | 30.0 |
Campbell Kellaway T20 and Domestic League Career Record
Every T20 match Kellaway has played has come through the Big Bash League with Melbourne Stars, so this table and his standalone BBL numbers below are the same thing.
T20 Batting and Fielding
| Matches | Innings | Not Out | Runs | Highest Score | Average | Strike Rate | 100s | 50s | 4s / 6s | Catches |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 | 17 | 3 | 255 | 41* | 18.21 | 123.18 | 0 | 0 | 25 / 4 | 12 |
T20 Bowling
| Matches | Innings | Overs | Runs | Wickets | Economy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 | 4 | 4.0 | 36 | 0 | 9.00 |
An average of 18.21 with no fifties yet shows T20 cricket is still a work in progress compared to his stronger red ball and List A form, though a strike rate above 123 suggests the scoring intent is there.
Campbell Kellaway BBL Stats: Full Big Bash League Breakdown
Since fans specifically search for his Big Bash numbers on their own, here is the standalone BBL record, all of it earned with Melbourne Stars.
BBL Batting Totals
| Matches | Innings | Not Out | Runs | Highest Score | Average | Strike Rate | 100s | 50s | 4s | 6s | Catches |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 | 17 | 3 | 255 | 41* | 18.21 | 123.19 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 4 | 12 |
BBL Bowling Totals
| Matches | Overs | Runs Conceded | Wickets | Economy | Maidens |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 | 4.0 | 36 | 0 | 9.00 | 0 |
BBL Career Journey
Kellaway signed with Melbourne Stars back in the 2022/23 season and has never played for another BBL franchise, which is fairly rare for a young domestic batter in the current market. He has stayed a fringe to regular top order option across multiple seasons rather than an automatic starter, which explains why his BBL numbers still trail his red ball and List A returns.
His loyalty was rewarded ahead of the 2026-27 season, when Melbourne Stars handed him a two year contract extension through BBL 17, part of a broader retention push that also locked in reigning BBL Player of the Tournament Sam Harper and all rounder Hilton Cartwright, alongside star man Glenn Maxwell re-signing through the same period.
Records and Career Highlights
- Second highest run scorer for Australia at the 2022 Under 19 Cricket World Cup
- Maiden first class century against Queensland in November 2024
- Unbeaten 165 at the WACA Ground in 2024-25, his highest score in any format and part of a Sheffield Shield win for Victoria
- 738 Sheffield Shield runs in 2024-25, the most by any Victorian that season and the youngest to top that tally for the state since Peter Handscomb
- Maiden List A century, 117 not out, during the 2024-25 Dean Jones Trophy finals series
- Third first class century, 147 against Tasmania, in October 2025
- A gutsy 51 against a New South Wales attack featuring Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood, Sean Abbott, and Nathan Lyon at the SCG in November 2025
- Labelled a “ready-made Test player” and potential long term successor to Usman Khawaja by Victoria coach Chris Rogers in November 2025
- Multiple Australia A selections across 2023, 2025, and 2026
- Two year contract extension signed with Melbourne Stars through BBL 17 ahead of the 2026-27 season
FAQs
Has Campbell Kellaway played international cricket for Australia?
No. As of the 2026 season he has no Test, ODI, or T20I caps for Australia, though he represented Australia at Under 19 level in 2022 and has been selected for Australia A multiple times since 2023.
What is Campbell Kellaway’s BBL record?
Across 21 matches for Melbourne Stars, he has scored 255 runs at an average of 18.21 and a strike rate of 123.19, with a highest score of 41 not out and no half centuries yet in the format.
How old is Campbell Kellaway?
He was born on 1 November 2002, making him 23 years old as of the 2026 season.
What is Campbell Kellaway’s height and weight?
His height and weight are not officially confirmed on his club or Cricinfo profile. No verified figure has been published by any credible source.
Which teams has Campbell Kellaway played for?
He plays first class and List A cricket for Victoria and T20 cricket for Melbourne Stars in the BBL. He has also represented Australia Under 19 and been selected for Australia A on multiple occasions.
What is Campbell Kellaway’s biggest career achievement so far?
Being publicly labelled a “ready-made Test player” and a potential long term successor to Usman Khawaja by Victoria coach and former Test opener Chris Rogers, after a string of strong performances against international quality bowling attacks in the 2025-26 season.
Is Campbell Kellaway an opener or a middle order batter?
He started his career as a middle order batter but was promoted to open for Victoria during the 2024-25 Sheffield Shield season and has continued in that role since, while still being listed as a top order to middle order option depending on the team’s needs.
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