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Shayne O'Connor

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Shayne O'Connor
Personal information
Full name
Shayne Barry O'Connor
Born (1973-11-15) 15 November 1973 (age 51)
Hastings, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingLeft-arm fast-medium
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 202)18 September 1997 v Zimbabwe
Last Test8 November 2001 v Australia
ODI debut (cap 103)20 May 1997 v Sri Lanka
Last ODI4 November 2000 v South Africa
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1994/95–1995/96Central Otago
1994/95–2002/03Otago
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 19 38 73 104
Runs scored 103 24 790 264
Batting average 5.72 3.42 12.53 8.80
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0
Top score 20 8 47 22
Balls bowled 3,667 1,487 14,199 4,854
Wickets 53 46 278 145
Bowling average 32.52 30.34 23.67 26.88
5 wickets in innings 1 2 16 2
10 wickets in match 0 0 2 0
Best bowling 5/51 5/39 6/31 5/39
Catches/stumpings 6/– 11/– 27/– 24/–
Source: Cricinfo, 4 May 2017

Shayne Barry O'Connor (born 15 November 1973) is a former New Zealand international cricketer, who played in 19 Test matches and 38 One Day Internationals between 1997 and 2001.[1] After playing domestically for Otago between the 1994–95 and 2002–03 seasons, he retired from professional cricket after the 2003 Cricket World Cup.[2]

O'Connor was born at Hastings in the Hawke's Bay Region into a farming family. He was educated at Napier Boys' High School.[3][4] He played for Central Districts age-group sides and the national under-19 side before making his senior representative debut for Otago during the 1994–95 season. In a career which lasted until the end of the 2002–03 season, O'Connor played in 78 top-level matches for Otago, taking 230 wickets for the side in first-class and List A matches. He also played Hawke Cup cricket for Central Otago.[5]

O'Connor played 57 times for the New Zealand national cricket team, including taking a five-wicket haul in the semi-final of the 2000 ICC KnockOut Trophy.[6] He retired from cricket at the age of 29 in 2003, opting to take up an opportunity to establish a business at Alexandra in Central Otago.[7] In 2023 he volunteered to act as a match referee in domestic cricket, with New Zealand Cricket suffering from a shortage of available officials. Ahead of the 2024–25 season he was formally appointed to the match referees panel.[8]

References

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  1. ^ Shayne O'Connor, CricInfo. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
  2. ^ "Two legends make their entrance". ESPNcricinfo. 13 November 2008. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
  3. ^ Anendra Singh (2014) Cricket: Ex-Black Cap, Shayne O'Connor's son trek from Otago, Hawke's Bay Today, 27 January 2014. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
  4. ^ McCarron A (2010) New Zealand Cricketers 1863/64–2010, p. 101. Cardiff: The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. ISBN 978 1 905138 98 2 (Available online at the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 5 June 2023.)
  5. ^ Shayne O'Connor, CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 November 2023. (subscription required)
  6. ^ Seconi A (2017) Five-for carried the day, Otago Daily Times, 1 June 2017. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
  7. ^ McConnell L (2003) O'Connor's retirement a blow for New Zealand, CricInfo. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
  8. ^ Seconi A (2024) O’Connor appointed to NZC’s match referees panel, Otago Daily Times, 30 July 2024. Retrieved 16 August 2024.


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