Full name Stephen Norman John O'Keefe
Born December 9, 1984, Malaysia
Current age 33 years 137 days
Major teams Australia, Australia A, Kochi Tuskers Kerala, New South Wales, Sydney Sixers
Nickname Sock
Playing role Allrounder
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Slow left-arm orthodox
Height 1.75 m
Education Hobartville Primary; Richmond High
Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s | Ct | St | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tests ![]() |
9 | 13 | 4 | 86 | 25 | 9.55 | 433 | 19.86 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
T20Is ![]() |
7 | 5 | 0 | 32 | 22 | 6.40 | 26 | 123.07 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
First-class | 76 | 107 | 30 | 2128 | 99 | 27.63 | 4771 | 44.60 | 0 | 11 | 213 | 19 | 31 | 0 |
List A | 48 | 34 | 9 | 583 | 70* | 23.32 | 704 | 82.81 | 0 | 1 | 35 | 18 | 21 | 0 |
T20s ![]() |
62 | 41 | 10 | 494 | 50 | 15.93 | 421 | 117.33 | 0 | 1 | 52 | 9 | 17 | 0 |
Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w | 10 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tests ![]() |
9 | 16 | 2228 | 1029 | 35 | 6/35 | 12/70 | 29.40 | 2.77 | 63.6 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
T20Is ![]() |
7 | 7 | 114 | 149 | 6 | 3/29 | 3/29 | 24.83 | 7.84 | 19.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
First-class | 76 | 132 | 15148 | 6508 | 265 | 8/77 | 12/70 | 24.55 | 2.57 | 57.1 | 13 | 11 | 4 |
List A | 48 | 47 | 1992 | 1621 | 29 | 3/65 | 3/65 | 55.89 | 4.88 | 68.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
T20s ![]() |
62 | 58 | 1085 | 1239 | 40 | 3/20 | 3/20 | 30.97 | 6.85 | 27.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Test debut | Australia v Pakistan at Dubai (DSC), Oct 22-26, 2014 scorecard |
Last Test | Bangladesh v Australia at Chittagong, Sep 4-7, 2017 scorecard |
Test statistics | |
T20I debut | Australia v Pakistan at Birmingham, Jul 6, 2010 scorecard |
Last T20I | South Africa v Australia at Johannesburg, Oct 16, 2011 scorecard |
T20I statistics | |
First-class debut | New South Wales v Tasmania at Sydney, Nov 18-20, 2005 scorecard |
Last First-class | New South Wales v Queensland at Wollongong, Mar 14-17, 2018 scorecard |
List A debut | South Australia v New South Wales at Adelaide, Dec 18, 2005 scorecard |
Last List A | New South Wales v South Australia at Sydney, Oct 25, 2015 scorecard |
T20s debut | New South Wales v Tasmania at Sydney, Jan 12, 2009 scorecard |
Last T20s | Perth Scorchers v Sydney Sixers at Perth, Jan 1, 2018 scorecard |
Bat & Bowl | Team | Opposition | Ground | Match Date | Scorecard |
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2/30, 3, 1/88, 18 | NSW | v Queensland | Wollongong | 14 Mar 2018 | FC |
8/77, 8, 2/75, 23 | NSW | v Victoria | Melbourne | 3 Mar 2018 | FC |
0, 2/80 | NSW | v Tasmania | Sydney | 24 Feb 2018 | FC |
44, 2/37, 3* | NSW U23s | v S Aust U23s | Adelaide | 19 Feb 2018 | Other |
0/20 | Syd Sixers | v Scorchers | Perth | 1 Jan 2018 | T20 |
28 | Syd Sixers | v Strikers | Sydney | 28 Dec 2017 | T20 |
23, 0/23 | Syd Sixers | v Scorchers | Sydney | 23 Dec 2017 | T20 |
19, 0/29 | Syd Sixers | v Syd Thunder | Sydney | 19 Dec 2017 | T20 |
1/77, 52*, 8 | NSW | v Tasmania | Hobart | 3 Dec 2017 | FC |
3/128, 50*, 0/25, 22 | NSW | v Victoria | Sydney | 24 Nov 2017 | FC |
For the longest time, it seemed Steve O'Keefe was to be one of the most unfortunate men in Australian cricket in the post-Shane Warne era. As a parade of 13 spinners were tried in the Test team, often with less-than-compelling first-class records, O'Keefe was left to toil away for New South Wales with far superior figures. His opportunity finally came when he was named in Australia's Test squad to play Pakistan in the UAE in 2014, following a summer in which he topped the Sheffield Shield wicket tally with 41 victims at 20.43. A left-arm orthodox bowler and solid lower-order batsman, O'Keefe could no longer be ignored; he had also been the leading Shield spinner in a pace-dominated 2012-13, with 24 wickets at 22.20. But he played only one Test on that UAE tour, then a washed out Test at the SCG against West Indies, then a single Test in Sri Lanka in 2016 before injury ended his tour, then a single Test at the SCG against Pakistan. Four series, four Tests, and no momentum. Finally, everything came together for O'Keefe when he played alongside Nathan Lyon in the first Test against India in Pune in February 2017, and used his accuracy and natural variation to plunder 12 for 70, the best figures ever by a visiting spinner in a Test in India.