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Full name Shayne Barry O'Connor
Born November 15, 1973, Hastings, Hawke's Bay
Current age 34 years 331 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
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
19
27
9
103
20
5.72
524
19.65
0
0
7
0
6
0
ODIs
38
13
6
24
8
3.42
91
26.37
0
0
1
1
11
0
First-class
73
94
31
790
47
12.53
0
0
27
0
List A
104
54
24
264
22
8.80
0
0
24
0
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 (Decc), 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
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
