Shayne O'Connor

Shayne O'Connor
Personal information
Full name
Shayne Barry O'Connor
Born (1973-11-15) 15 November 1973
Hastings, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingLeft-arm fast-medium
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 202)18 September 1997 v Zimbabwe
Last Test8 November 2001 v Australia
ODI debut (cap 103)20 May 1997 v Sri Lanka
Last ODI4 November 2000 v South Africa
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1994/95–1995/96Central Otago
1994/95–2002/03Otago
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/–
Medal record
Men's cricket
Representing  New Zealand
ICC Champions Trophy
Winner 2000 Kenya
Commonwealth Games
1998 Kuala Lumpur
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 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. After playing domestically for Otago between the 1994–95 and 2002–03 seasons, he retired from professional cricket after the 2003 Cricket World Cup.

O'Connor was born at Hastings in the Hawke's Bay Region into a farming family. He was educated at Napier Boys' High School. He played for Central Districts age-group teams and the national under-19 team 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 team in first-class and List A matches. He also played Hawke Cup cricket for Central Otago.

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. 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. 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.