After scoring 98 not out on
first-class debut, Hay scored 55 on List A debut. His early career was punctuated by four seasons in which he did not play representative cricket at all, but after his return to the Central Stags in 2013/14, he enjoyed the most productive and successful years of his career. Hay also represented New Zealand A and played for and captained
Bath Cricket Club in Somerset, England, and played in
Minor League Cricket for the
San Diego Surf Riders. He was the leading run-scorer in the
2017–18 Plunket Shield season for the Central Stags with 786 runs in nine matches, and again in the
2023-24 Plunket Shield season with 643 runs from eight matches, scoring two centuries in his final season and finishing in the top three runscorers nationally. In June 2018, he was awarded a contract with Central Districts for the 2018–19 season. He was also the leading run-scorer for Central Districts in the
2018–19 Ford Trophy, with 351 runs in eight matches. Hay was selected by the
San Diego Surf Riders for the 2022 edition of
Minor League Cricket. He scored an unbeaten 110 off 60 runs in his 7th appearance in a loss to the
Bay Blazers. ==References==