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Full name Shane Alexander Thomson
Born January 27, 1969, Hamilton, Waikato
Current age 39 years 254 days
Major teams New Zealand,Northern Districts
Batting style Right-hand bat
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
19
35
4
958
120*
30.90
2113
45.33
1
5
133
6
7
0
ODIs
56
52
10
964
83
22.95
1427
67.55
0
5
63
8
18
0
First-class
90
148
38
4209
167
38.26
6
25
37
0
List A
118
109
17
2074
90*
22.54
0
13
44
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
19
26
1990
953
19
3/63
4/98
50.15
2.87
104.7
0
0
0
ODIs
56
51
2121
1602
42
3/14
3/14
38.14
4.53
50.5
0
0
0
First-class
90
9711
4625
116
5/49
39.87
2.85
83.7
2
0
List A
118
4800
3262
98
4/45
4/45
33.28
4.07
48.9
1
0
0
Career statistics
Test debut
New Zealand v India at Auckland, Feb 22-26, 1990 scorecard
Last Test
India v New Zealand at Chennai, Oct 25-29, 1995 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut
New Zealand v India at Dunedin, Mar 1, 1990 scorecard
Last ODI
West Indies v New Zealand at Georgetown, Apr 3, 1996 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class span
1987/88 - 1996/97
List A span
1988/89 - 1996/97
Profile
After an impressive Test debut against India at Auckland in 1990, Shane Thomson was touted as a real prospect. But with his offspinners fairly innocuous at the highest level, he never really delivered in a seven-year, 19-Test career. His finest hour was the thrilling unbeaten 120 in a memorable run-chase against Pakistan at Christchurch in 1993-94, and for the next year or so, as his average flirted just below 40, he looked to have cracked it. But his last six Tests brought nine innings and only 85 runs. Dropped after the 1996 World Cup, he retired from first-class cricket in 1997, aged just 28.
