Ryan Canning (born 22 February 1984 in Cape Town) is a South African cricketer. He plays for Western Cape Province as a wicket-keeper batsman. He is a talented Ryan Canning is a talented wicketkeeper-batsman who the Cape Cobras have invested in over the last four seasons. Canning has had to serve as understudy to former Cobras captain Thami Tsolekile, playing for the Western Province amateur side in the meantime, but a superb 2008 season raised his value. In that season he scored his maiden first-class century and contributed several useful scores in the middle order. Biography He grew up in Edgemead, Cape Town, and played cricket for Pinelands Cricket Club. He was then signed by the Cape Cobras as a prospect. He featured in a few games in the Supersport series in October 2010 and scored a half-century against the Highveld Lions. At the end of the 2009 season, the Cobras signed Dane Vilas – another wicket-keeper batsman – and Canning was subsequently released from his contract. References External links 1984 births Living people South African cricketers Western Province cricketers Boland cricketers Cape Cobras cricketers Cricketers from Cape Town