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- Shane Alexander Thomson was born on the 27th January 1969 in Hamilton, Waikato, the only child of Beverley Walkley and Brian Thomson.
Shane?s great love in life was cricket. He won a NZ scholarship to Worcester County at seventeen years of age, and made his first class debut for Northern Districts the next season in 1987, and for New Zealand in 1989 at the age of 20.
Shane had an impressive Test debut against India at Auckland in 1990, His finest hour was the thrilling unbeaten 120 in a memorable run-chase against Pakistan at Christchurch in 1993 ? 94. In 1995 ? 96 his average flirted just below 40
He played 19 Tests and 56 One Day Internationals for New Zealand. He played in the 1996 Cricket World Cup
Personal information:
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm off-break
Right-arm fast-medium
Career statistics Tests ODIs
Matches 19 56
Runs scored 958 964
Batting average 30.90 22.95
100s/50s 1/5 0/5
Top score 120* 83
Balls bowled 1990 2121
Wickets 19 42
Bowling average 50.15 38.14
5 wickets in innings 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 n/a
Best bowling 3/63 3/14
Catches/stumpings 7/- 18/-
He retired from first-class cricket in 1997, aged just 28.
[Source: Cricinfo, 4 February 2006]
Shane is now married to Julie (nee Cawley) and living in Taupo. They have a two year old son Jack Alexander, born on the 20th of November 2006, as well as Julie?s two children Josh and Abbie from a previous marriage. Shane manages his own Property Maintenance business in Taupo.
In his spare time, Shane now helps to fund raise money for many charities, playing in celebrity cricket fund raisers with many of his former New Zealand team mates. This has allowed him to find joy in this less competitive and fun side of the game he loves.
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1969 - (56 years)