Ryan Peacock’s performance with St George Cricket Club in the Poidevin-Gray Shield on Sunday has capped off a busy week of cricket, for the talented Bathurst junior.
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Peacock was selected in the NSW Combined High School 1st XI last Thursday, following the NSW CHS Carnival.
His selection in the state team means he will most likely be heading to the United Kingdom for the NSW CHS tour for 24 days in July.
If Peacock does feature in the tour, he will follow in the footsteps of his brother, Trent Copeland, who went on the same type of tour to South Africa in 2003.
Peacock also featured in Rugby Union’s crucial top of the table clash with Bathurst City on Sunday, in the Bathurst District Cricket Association first grade.
When Peacock walked out onto Hurstville Oval on Sunday with St George, he would be playing in the final rematch against Sutherland.
Sutherland had defeated St George in the final, so it was a chance for the Saints to get some revenge.
Peacock had a stand-out, all round performance, taking 4-29 off 10 and 43 runs with the bat.
“It was probably my best round performance with St George,” he said.
“We started really well with the ball. Sutherland only got [158] on a good wicket.”
Sutherland score was off 47.2 overs, in the limited-overs match.
Josh Horner, who came in at number nine for Sutherland, topped scored for his team, with 42 runs of 65 balls.
St George raced to a score of 4-159 off 35 overs, with Luke Bartier posting a top score of 89 runs.
St George will now host a semi final at Hurstville Oval, with the opponent yet to be decided.
“We can go all the way. The team made the final last year and we’ve definitely got a side that can win it,” Peacock said.
“We haven’t been beaten at home and it seems teams have a hard time when they play there [Hurstville Oval].
“It’s a really nice field. The outfield is like a carpet but the wicket is more of batters one, fast and bouncy.”
Peacock praised his team’s unity and the selectors.
“It’s been an unreal experience and it’s been great how welcoming they’ve been to me,” he said.
“I’m lucky they keep picking me, even when I don’t train with them.
“It has been some really good, high standard of cricket.”
Hawkesbury, Fairfield-Liverpool and Parramatta have all qualified for the semi-finals, alongside Peacock’s St George.
If St George manage to win the final of the Poidevin-Gray Shield, it would cap off a perfect debut season for Peacock.