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As a batter runs are your currency and it’s great to see Ryan Hackney follow up his maiden first class century for NSW by scoring big runs for his club Parramatta in NSW Premier Cricket.
In the month of March, Ryan has scored.
• 50 and 51 not for Parramatta v Mosman
• 73 for Parramatta v Sutherland
• 99 and 15 for NSW 2nd XI v ACT
• 78 and 102 for NSW v South Australia
• 51 for Parramatta in their quarter final against St George
• 130 for Parramatta in their semi-final against Randwick Petersham
• 193 not for Parramatta in the Grand Final against Sydney University.
On the back of this form, and his ability to occupy the crease and bat long into an innings, one can only assume Ryan will get the opportunity to start next season opening the batting for NSW.
Well played Ryan Hackney.
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Should be the first opener picked for NSW next season. Puts great value on his wicket which is what NSW desperately needs.
Hackney is "the goods" as per his Coach, Neil D'Costa.
Incidentally, name an Australian Coach in modern times who has produced more batsmen than D'Costa?
Michael Clarke, Phil Hughes, Marnus Labhuchagne being the most prominent of them.
And, he has got another handful, ripening, up his sleeve.
Put me down as a fanboy.
Ryan should have been given his opportunity much earlier based on his domination of the Australian U/17 and U/19 carnivals where he scored 5 hundreds and 1000 plus runs. Somehow, he was not deemed good enough to be included in the Australian U/19 team for the World Cup in New Zealand, but Jack Edwards, who scored no runs apart from 147 in the final against the CA U/17s was included, and then given 4 years of opportunities.
I am so glad that Ryan is now proving those pundits wrong with his consistently heavy scoring.
Agree, he should be the first opener picked, and given an extended run.
Paul,
I agree wholeheartedly, that is why they need to scale back the "Pathway" route to CNSW Contracts. If the identified players are performing in under age cricket and Premier Cricket, sure push them ahead, but not at the expense of players that are outside the under age system and are outstanding Premier cricket performers (Josh Clarke, Daniel Solway, Scott Rodgie, Devlin Malone etc)
Hi Wayne, runs are important in Under 17 and 19s for the development of a player but they're a stepping stone to higher honours.
Scoring good runs as Ryan has done in Premier Cricket and 2nd XI cricket across Australia should in my opinion be the catalyst for selection into first class cricket.