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| Full name | Shayne Barry O'Connor | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 15 November 1973 Hastings, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Left-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Left-arm fast-medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut (cap 202) | 18 September 1997 v Zimbabwe | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 8 November 2001 v Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODI debut (cap 103) | 20 May 1997 v Sri Lanka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 4 November 2000 v South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1994/95–1995/96 | Central Otago | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1994/95–2002/03 | Otago | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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]
References
- ^ Shayne O'Connor, CricInfo. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
- ^ "Two legends make their entrance". ESPNcricinfo. 13 November 2008. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.)
- ^ Shayne O'Connor, CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 November 2023. (subscription required)
- ^ Seconi A (2017) Five-for carried the day, Otago Daily Times, 1 June 2017. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
- ^ McConnell L (2003) O'Connor's retirement a blow for New Zealand, CricInfo. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
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