Shayne O'Connor

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
Batting	Left-handed
Bowling	Left-arm fast-medium
International information
National side	New Zealand (1997–2001)
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
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1994/95–1995/96	Central Otago
1994/95–2002/03	Otago
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

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.