In the 2018–19 season Hunt scored 208 in a Futures League match against Queensland Under-23s,[6] followed by another four half-centuries during the season. He was the tournament's leading run-scorer with 737 runs at an average of 46.06.[2] During the 2018–19 season, Hunt also played for Eastern Suburbs in Sydney Grade Cricket, and he equalled Johan Botha's record for the fastest Twenty20 century in the competition, scoring 104 runs off of 45 deliveries against UNSW.[7]
On the back of his performances in the 2018–19 season, Hunt earned a rookie contract with South Australia for the 2019–20 season.[7] He made his first-class debut on 10 October 2019, against Victoria in the 2019–20 Sheffield Shield season.[9] In his first innings he scored his maiden half-century,[10] finishing with a total of 75 runs.[9]
On 11 November 2019, in a Sheffield Shield match against Tasmania, Hunt scored his maiden century in first-class cricket in just his fourth first-class match. He scored 132 and had a 293-run partnership with Jake Weatherald, breaking a 52-year-old record for the highest opening partnership for South Australia in first-class cricket. In Hunt's innings he hit 17 boundaries, including a six.[11][12][13][14] Hunt followed up his century with another half-century in the second innings.[14][15]
In February 2024, Hunt was ruled out of the remainder of the 2023-24 summer following a fielding incident during a Marsh One Day Cup match against Victoria.[19]
References
^"Henry Hunt". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 October 2019.