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WA wicketkeeper-batter Joel Curtis has picked up the new Premier Cricket season where he left off the last.

The reigning Olly Cooley medallist smashed 89 from just 62 deliveries to guide Perth to a nine-wicket win over University at James Oval on Saturday.

On the back of a 2024-25 summer where he amassed seven hundreds for the Demons, the left-hander looked set to again bring up three figures before his attempted lap sweep off State teammate Corey Rocchiccioli drew a top edge claimed by wicketkeeper Claus Lotter.

Another WA-contracted batter in Sam Fanning (74 not out from 103 balls) and Big Bash stalwart Jono Wells (35 not out from 47 balls) went o

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