Ryan Matthew Duffield (born 20 June 1988) is a retired Australian professional

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er, formerly contracted to

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and

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. Duffield was born in

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. He played for Gosnells and Melville in the

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competition, and also played for Western Australia Under-23s in the 2009–10

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. He took nine wickets in three Futures League matches, with a best of 4/50 against South Australia U23s, and scored a best of 28*, also against South Australia. In Futures League Twenty20s he took seven wickets in three games at an average of 9.29, a competition record, with a best of 3/22 against Australian Centre of Excellence. He did not bat. Duffield made his first-class debut for the Warriors in the

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against

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in October 2010, taking 3/92 and 0/15 on debut, and making 31 runs in the second innings of the match. He made his debut in the

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a week later against

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, taking 1/57. Against New South Wales in the Shield game from 28 November to 1 December, Duffield took 3/64 in the first innings and 6/77 in the second innings to record his best innings and match figures. Duffield played a single match for the

during the

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. He signed to the

for the

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, and made his debut against the

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in December 2014. In his second match, he took 3/28 against the

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, and was named

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.Twenty20 matches played by Ryan Duffield
– CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 December 2014.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Duffield, Ryan 1988 births Living people Western Australia cricketers Australian cricketers People from Darkan, Western Australia Cricketers from Western Australia Perth Scorchers cricketers Brisbane Heat cricketers 21st-century Australian sportsmen