Part-time cricketer takes 9-26 in second innings for Spring Gully
Nic Ryan, 34, took 9-26 in the second innings and 13-73 across both for Spring Gully Crows in a division two match against Bagshot.
Ryan's bowling figures in the second innings may be the greatest in Emu Valley Cricket Association history. After taking 4-47 in the first innings, he claimed nine wickets off 11.4 overs in the second.
Nic Ryan dismissed all but two Bagshot batsmen, with three catches, two lbw, and four bowled. Ryan is a busy dad who plays for fun these days and doesn't get much time to train, but said he prefers to bowl stump to stump.
Last weekend across Australia, five bowlers took nine-wicket hauls. Ryan's figures were surpassed only by Basim Awan's 9-17.
Ryan said he can't see anything like the previous week happening again.
- 34
- Ryan's age
- 9-26 off 11.4 overs
- Second innings figures
- 13-73
- Match haul
- 5 bowlers across Australia
- Nine-wicket hauls last weekend
Why it mattersThis rare bowling performance is likely the best in the local competition's history and puts Ryan in an exclusive group of cricketers who've achieved such figures.
AustraliaAustralian recreational cricket reached a high point with Ryan's figures ranked among the best nine-wicket hauls taken nationwide in a single weekend.
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