Shayne O'Connor

New Zealand

Full name Shayne Barry O'Connor

Born November 15, 1973, Hastings, Hawke's Bay

Current age 47 years 112 days

Major teams New Zealand, Otago

Batting style Left-hand bat

Bowling style Left-arm fast-medium

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	4s	6s	Ct
Tests	19	27	9	103	20	5.72	524	19.65	7	0	6
ODIs	38	13	6	24	8	3.42	91	26.37	1	1	11
First-class	73	94	31	790	47	12.53					27
List A	104	54	24	264	22	8.80					24

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
Tests	19	34	3667	1724	53	5/51	7/104	32.52	2.82	69.1	2	1	0
ODIs	38	38	1487	1396	46	5/39	5/39	30.34	5.63	32.3	1	2	0
First-class	73		14199	6582	278	6/31		23.67	2.78	51.0		16	2
List A	104		4854	3898	145	5/39	5/39	26.88	4.81	33.4	6	2	0

Career statistics

Test debut	Zimbabwe v New Zealand at Harare, Sep 18-22, 1997 scorecard
Last Test	Australia v New Zealand at Brisbane, Nov 8-12, 2001 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut	New Zealand v Sri Lanka at Hyderabad (Deccan), May 20, 1997 scorecard
Last ODI	South Africa v New Zealand at Cape Town, Nov 4, 2000 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class span	1994/95 - 2002/03
List A span	1995/96 - 2002/03

Recent matches

Bat & Bowl	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
0, 2/20	Wellington A	v Northern D A	Lincoln	9 Jan 2013	Other T20
1/29	Wellington A	v Auckland A	Lincoln	8 Jan 2013	Other T20
0/21	Wellington A	v Canterbury A	Lincoln	8 Jan 2013	Other T20
1*, 0/26	Wellington A	v Auckland A	Lincoln	6 Jan 2013	Other OD
1/21	Wellington A	v Otago A	Lincoln	4 Jan 2013	Other OD
0/35	Wellington A	v Central D A	Lincoln	3 Jan 2013	Other OD
0/46	Wellington A	v Canterbury A	Lincoln	2 Jan 2013	Other OD

Profile

A tall, lean left-armer O'Connor has the classical build for an over-the-wicket attacking bowler. After starting first-class cricket as a 21-year-old O'Connor relied very much on a short-of-a-length bounce attack. Then he changed, concentrating on bowling inswing, with sudden success against Australia and South Africa. A knee injury halted his 2000-01 season, and O'Connor spent the convalescing time eradicating a kink in his action, and finding even more inswing. O'Connor used to be a costly one-day bowler, but became much more effective with his changed style. But injuries and inability to find a regular place in the New Zealand side took their final toll. He announced his retirement after the 2003 World Cup, saying: "I've got an opportunity to get a business up and running and hopefully that's going to set me up for the rest of my life."
Don Cameron

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