Complex sentence: That performance propelled him into the University First XI for the first game of the season, and his success continued: in the middle of the university cricket season, he took 10 wickets in each of two consecutive matches.
Split into simpler sentences: That performance propelled him into the University First XI for the first game of the season, and his success continued. In the middle of the university cricket season, he took 10 wickets in each of two consecutive matches.