Sean Hunt

{{Short description|English cricketer (born 2001)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2021}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Sean Hunt

| image =

| fullname = Sean Frank Hunt

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2001|12|07|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Guildford, Surrey, England

| batting = Right-handed

| bowling = Left-arm fast-medium

| role = Bowler

| club1 = Sussex

| year1 = {{nowrap|2021–present}}

| clubnumber1 = 21

| type1 = First-class

| debutdate1 = 8 April

| debutyear1 = 2021

| debutfor1 = Sussex

| debutagainst1 = Lancashire

| type2 = List A

| debutdate2 = 2 August

| debutyear2 = 2022

| debutfor2 = Sussex

| debutagainst2 = Nottinghamshire

| columns = 2

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 24

| runs1 = 205

| bat avg1 = 10.05

| 100s/50s1 = 0/1

| top score1 = 65

| deliveries1 = 3,324

| wickets1 = 67

| bowl avg1 = 31.46

| fivefor1 = 1

| tenfor1 = 0

| best bowling1 = 5/48

| catches/stumpings1 = 3/–

| column2 = List A

| matches2 = 9

| runs2 = 35

| bat avg2 = 11.66

| 100s/50s2 = 0/0

| top score2 = 13

| deliveries2 = 390

| wickets2 = 8

| bowl avg2 = 49.25

| fivefor2 = 0

| tenfor2 = 0

| best bowling2 = 2/32

| catches/stumpings2 = 1/–

| date = 21 April 2025

| source = https://www.espncricinfo.com/player/sean-hunt-1182418 Cricinfo

}}

Sean Frank Hunt (born 7 December 2001) is an English professional cricketer who plays for Sussex. Hunt is a right-handed batsman and a left-arm fast-medium bowler.{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/player/sean-hunt-1182418|title=Sean Hunt|work=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=8 April 2021}}

Hunt played his junior cricket at Horsley and Send Cricket Club in Surrey. Developing his skills through the youth and adult teams, he later moved to Ashtead Cricket Club in 2020.

From Guildford, Hunt was Surrey's academy player of the year in 2019. Hunt switched to Sussex from Surrey in January 2021 and spent time in the winter in Australia with the Darren Lehmann Cricket Academy in Adelaide and playing grade cricket for West Torrens CC.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/cricket/55733177|title=Sean Hunt: Sussex sign highly-rated teenage Surrey bowler|work=BBC Sport|date=20 January 2021|access-date=8 April 2021}}{{cite news|url=https://www.thecricketer.com/Topics/news/sussex_sign_young_seamer_sean_hunt_county_cricket.html|title=Sussex sign young seamer Sean Hunt|work=The Cricketer|date=20 January 2021|access-date=8 April 2021}}

He made his first-class debut on 8 April 2021, the opening day of the 2021 County Championship as Sussex played Lancashire at Old Trafford.{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/county-championship-2021-1244186/sussex-vs-lancashire-group-3-1244217/live-cricket-score|title=Sussex vs Lancashire, Group 3, Apr 8 - 11 2021, County Championship|work=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=8 April 2021}}

In June 2025, Hunt agreed a new contract with Sussex tying him into the club until at least the end of the 2027 season.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/articles/cp8dgl060ljo|title=Sussex seamer Hunt signs new deal|publisher=BBC Sport|accessdate=13 June 2025}}