Steve O'Keefe

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Steve O'Keefe
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Personal information
Full name Stephen Norman John O'Keefe
Born (1984-12-09) 9 December 1984 (age 39)
Malaysia
Nickname Sok[1]
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Batting style Right-handed
Bowling style Slow left-arm orthodox
Role All-rounder
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 439) 22 October 2014 v Pakistan
Last Test 3 January 2016 v West Indies
T20I debut (cap 46) 6 July 2010 v Pakistan
Last T20I 16 October 2011 v South Africa
Domestic team information
Years Team
2005–present New South Wales (squad no. 72)
2011 Kochi Tuskers Kerala
2011–present Sydney Sixers
Career statistics
Competition Test T20I FC LA
Matches 2 7 53 41
Runs scored 6 32 1641 525
Batting average 6.00 6.40 29.30 22.82
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/8 0/1
Top score 6 22 99 70*
Balls bowled 342 114 10,192 1,698
Wickets 5 6 174 21
Bowling average 54.75 24.83 24.79 66.57
5 wickets in innings 0 0 5 0
10 wickets in match n/a n/a 1 n/a
Best bowling 2/107 3/29 7/35 2/25
Catches/stumpings 0/– 1/– 24/– 19/–
Source: Cricinfo, 15 September 2015

Stephen Norman John O'Keefe (born 9 December 1984 in Malaysia) is an Australian cricketer and current captain of the New South Wales Sheffield Shield team.

Career

O'Keefe made his First-Class debut for New South Wales against Tasmania in November 2005.[2] O'Keefe took 2 wickets and scored 10 runs on debut. His first scoring shot was a six.

O'Keefe was called up to the Australian Test team to replace the injured Nathan Hauritz for the series against Pakistan in England, but did not play in the Tests. He made his Twenty20 international debut during the England tour.

2010 saw Stephen O'Keefe as a crucial member of the NSW Blues squads in all forms of cricket. On the eve of the 2010 Ashes series O'Keefe performed impressively taking 4/88 against a full strength English batting line up. These figures would remain the best by an Australian spinner all summer.[citation needed] He also top scored with the bat scoring 66 runs.

The Kochi Tuskers Kerala picked him up at the Indian Premier League auction for $20,000. In Sydney Grade Cricket he plays for Manly Warringah, although he originally played for Hawkesbury.

He finished the 2013/14 domestic Sheffield Shield season as the leading wicket taker with 41 wickets for the NSW Blues, just edging out Western Australia's Jason Behrendorff.

He made his Test match debut for Australia against Pakistan in the United Arab Emirates on 22 October 2014.[3] He was Australian Test Cap number 439.

Career best performances

Bowling
Score Fixture Venue Season
Test 3/63 Australia v West Indies Sydney Cricket Ground, Australia 2016 [4]
T20I 3/29 Australia v Pakistan Edgbaston, Birmingham 2010 [5]
FC 7/35 Australia A v Sri Lanka A Allan Border Field, Brisbane 2010 [6]
LA 3/65 Queensland v New South Wales Gabba, Brisbane 2012 [7]
T20 3/20 Adelaide Strikers v Sydney Sixers Adelaide Oval, Adelaide 2012 [8]

References

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External links

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