Mitchell Hay

Mitchell James Hay (born 20 August 2000) is a New Zealand international cricketer. A member of the Burnside West Christchurch University Cricket Club he attended Christchurch Boys' High School and represented the school in three Gillette Cup National Secondary Schools tournaments. He made his List A debut on 13 December 2020, for Canterbury in the 2020–21 Ford Trophy. He made his Twenty20 debut on 10 December 2021, for Canterbury in the 2021–22 Super Smash. He made his first-class debut on 29 March 2022, for Canterbury in the 2021–22 Plunket Shield season.

Career In March 2023, he earned his maiden call-up to the New Zealand A cricket team for their first-class series against Australia. On 17 March 2024, he scored his maiden century in first-class cricket, against Northern Districts in the 2023–24 Plunket Shield season.

In July 2024, he trained at Chennai Super Kings Academy in Chennai for the series against Afghanistan, Sri Lanka and India. In October 2024, he received his maiden call-up for national team for the ODI and T20I series against Sri Lanka. He made his Twenty20 International (T20I) debut on 9 November 2024 against Sri Lanka. On 10 November, the second match of the series, he set a new record for the most dismissals (6) by a wicket-keeper in a T20I innings.