In a first-class career that spanned ten seasons and three counties, Kevin Shine took 249 wickets at 36.09, with a best of 8 for 47 for Hampshire against Lancashire at Old Trafford in 1992. He retired from playing in 1998 and went on to become the first-team coach at Somerset, the county at which he had spent the last three seasons of his career. Having never won a major domestic honour as a player, he was at the helm as Somerset won the C&G Trophy in his first season in charge in 2001, but it was as the director of the county academy that he attracted the interest of the England & Wales Cricket Board. A level-four coach and a student of biomechanics, he was named as Troy Cooley's successor as the England fast-bowling coach in February 2006, having seen off more high-profile competitors such as Darren Gough, Allan Donald and Phil DeFreitas.
Andrew Miller February 2006

Kevin Shine Career Stats

Batting & Fielding

Format	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100s	50s	Ct	St
FC	102	96	37	564	40	9.55	0	0	21	0
List A	33	7	5	46	38*	23.00	0	0	3	0

Bowling

Format	Mat	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10w
FC	102	13897	8988	249	8/47	-	36.09	3.88	55.8	-	12	2
List A	33	1416	1340	38	4/31	4/31	35.26	5.67	37.2	2	0	0

Recent Matches of Kevin Shine

Match	Bat	Bowl	Date	Ground	Format
Somerset vs Gloucs	--	1/20	10-Aug-1997	Taunton	List A
Somerset vs Warwickshire	3	0/63	23-Jul-1997	Birmingham	List A
Somerset vs Essex	--	1/40	06-Jul-1997	Chelmsford	List A
Somerset vs Leics	--	2/34	22-Jun-1997	Bath	List A
Somerset vs Lancashire	--	2/25	08-Jun-1997	Taunton	List A