Sixers Academy batsman Lachlan Hearne joined nine Sixers on the NSW Blues 2020/21 contract list released on Thursday.
Hearne joined fellow Australian Under 19 player, leg-spinner Tanveer Sangha on the rookie list. Both teenagers represented Australia at the Male ICC Under 19 World Cup, in South Africa, during January and February.
Steve Smith, Nathan Lyon and Josh Hazlewood headlined the nine Sixers to receive a Blues contract. They joined Sixers captain Moises Henriques, fast bowlers Sean Abbott, Ben Dwarshuis, Mickey Edwards and his brother Jack, and batsman Daniel Hughes.
Left-handed opener Hughes is the reigning Steve Waugh Medallist as the NSW Male Player of the Season. He scored more than 1,000 runs across both the Marsh Sheffield Shield and One-Day Cup competitions last season.
Experienced fast bowler Chris Tremain joined Australian One-Day and T20 leg-spinner Adam Zampa as new recruits in the Blues squad.
NSW Blues 2020/21 squad
CA Contracted
Pat Cummins
Josh Hazlewood
Nathan Lyon
Steve Smith
Mitchell Starc
David Warner
Adam Zampa
State Contracted
Sean Abbott
Harry Conway
Trent Copeland
Ben Dwarshuis
Jack Edwards
Mickey Edwards
Matthew Gilkes
Ryan Hackney
Liam Hatcher
Moises Henriques
Daniel Hughes
Nick Larkin
Nathan McAndrew
Peter Nevill
Kurtis Patterson
Daniel Sams
Jason Sangha
Daniel Solway
Chris Tremain
Rookie Contracted
Oliver Davies
Ryan Hadley
Baxter Holt
Arjun Nair
Lachlan Hearne
Tanveer Sangha
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The Sydney Sixers are an Australian professional Twenty20 cricket team competing in the Big Bash League (BBL). Based at the Sydney Cricket Ground, the Sixers, along with the Sydney Thunder, succeeded the New South Wales Blues from the now-defunct KFC Twenty20 Big Bash.
