Shayne Barry O’Connor is a former New Zealand cricketer, who is born on 15 November 1973 in Hastings. He played 19 Tests and 38 ODI. After the 2003 cricket world cup, he retired from all cricket. In the Hawke Cup, he also played for Otago.
His batting style is Left-handed and bowling style is left-hand-fast-medium. His test debut was Vs Zimbabwe at Harare, September 18, 1977, and his last test was Vs Australia at Brisbane, November 8, 2001. His ODI debut was Vs Sri Lanka at Hyderabad, 20 May 1997 and his last ODI was Vs South Africa at Cape Town, November 4, 2000.
Batting And Fielding Averages of Shayne O’Connor
| Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s | Ct | |
| Tests | 19 | 27 | 9 | 103 | 20 | 5.72 | 524 | 19.65 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 6 |
| ODIs | 38 | 13 | 6 | 24 | 8 | 3.42 | 91 | 26.37 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11 |
| First-class | 73 | 94 | 31 | 790 | 47 | 12.53 | – | – | 0 | 0 | – | – | 27 |
| List A | 104 | 54 | 24 | 264 | 22 | 8.8 | – | – | 0 | 0 | – | – | 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 | – | 16 | 2 |
| List A | 104 | – | 4854 | 3898 | 145 | 5/39 | 5/39 | 26.88 | 4.81 | 33.4 | 6 | 2 | 0 |
In Test Cricket he did 103 runs in 19 matches with highest score 20 with the average of 5.72 and strike rate was 19.65. In ODI cricket he did 24 runs in 38 matches with highest score 8, the average was 3.42 and strike rate was 26.37. He got 53 wickets in Test cricket and 46 wickets in ODI cricket.
A tall, lean left-hander O’Connor has the classical build for an over-the-wicket attacking bowler. As a 21- year- old O’Connor after starting first-class cricket relied very much on a short of a length bounce attack. Then he changed, concentrating on bowling in swing, 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 in the swing. He used to be a costly ODI bowler but became much more effective with his changed style. But inability and injuries 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.”
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