Shane Thomson

Cricket information

Batting style

Right-hand bat

Bowling style

Right-arm off-break
Right-arm fast-medium

Career statistics

Competition	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/-

Source: Cricinfo, 4 February 2006

Shane Alexander Thomson (born 27 January 1969 in Hamilton, New Zealand) is a former New Zealand cricketer. He is a genuine all rounder especially for ODIs. He played 19 Tests and 56 One Day Internationals for New Zealand. His only test century of unbeaten 120 came in the fourth innings of the Christchurch test against Pakistan in 1994 in which New Zealand successfully reached the stiff target of 324. He was dropped by the national selectors after the 1996 Cricket World Cup. In 1994, he was suspended for smoking dope.^[1] His run out by Hansie Cronje has been called the most bizarre in cricket history.^[2]

New Zealand squad – 1996 Cricket World Cup

1 Germon (c/wk) 2 Astle 3 Cairns 4 Fleming 5 Harris 6 Kennedy 7 Larsen 8 Morrison 9 Nash 10 Parore 11 Patel 12 Spearman 13 Thomson 14 Twose

References

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