Full name Kevin James Shine
Born February 22, 1969, Bracknell, Berkshire
Current age 40 years 273 days
Major teams Hampshire, Middlesex, Somerset
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm fast-medium
Other Coach
| Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | 100 | 50 | Ct | St | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First-class | 102 | 96 | 37 | 564 | 40 | 9.55 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 |
| List A | 33 | 7 | 5 | 46 | 38* | 23.00 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Mat | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w | 10 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First-class | 102 | 13897 | 8988 | 249 | 8/47 | 36.09 | 3.88 | 55.8 | 12 | 2 | ||
| List A | 33 | 1416 | 1340 | 38 | 4/31 | 4/31 | 35.26 | 5.67 | 37.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| First-class span | 1989 - 1998 |
| List A span | 1990 - 1997 |
In a first-class career that spanned ten seasons and three counties, Kevin Shine took 249 wickets at 36.09, with a best of 8 for 47 for Hampshire against Lancashire at Old Trafford in 1992. He retired from playing in 1998 and went on to become the first-team coach at Somerset, the county at which he had spent the last three seasons of his career. Having never won a major domestic honour as a player, he was at the helm as Somerset won the C&G Trophy in his first season in charge in 2001, but it was as the director of the county academy that he attracted the interest of the England & Wales Cricket Board. A level-four coach and a student of biomechanics, he was named as Troy Cooley's successor as the England fast-bowling coach in February 2006, having seen off more high-profile competitors such as Darren Gough, Allan Donald and Phil DeFreitas.
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