Shane George

Shane Peter George (born 20 October 1970) is a former cricketer who played first-class and List A cricket for South Australia from 1987-88 to 1997-98.

Shane George

Personal information
Full name	Shane Peter George
Born	(1970-10-21) 21 October 1970 (age 54) Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm fast-medium
Role	Bowler
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1987-88 to 1997-98	South Australia
Career statistics
Competition FC List A Matches 56 27 Runs scored 509 54 Batting average 9.42 4.90 100s/50s 0/2 0/0 Top score 62 19 Balls bowled 10,784 1391 Wickets 156 36 Bowling average 40.57 31.86 5 wickets in innings 2 0 10 wickets in match 0 0 Best bowling 6/51 4/33 Catches/stumpings 16/– 3/–
Source: Cricinfo, 13 October 2019

Shane George was an opening bowler. In his best season, 1994-95, he was one of the leading bowlers in Australia, taking 43 wickets at an average of 33.55, helping South Australia to second position in the Sheffield Shield.^[1][2] His best figures came in his first season, 1987-88, when he took 6 for 51 and 3 for 71 in South Australia’s innings victory over Tasmania.^[3] In the 1995-96 Sheffield Shield final, he and Peter McIntyre, South Australia's last two batsmen, held out the Western Australian bowlers for 40 minutes to ensure a draw and, as a result, victory for South Australia in the season's Shield competition.^[4]

In 1988 he was one of the 15 inaugural inductees at the Australian Institute of Sport's Cricket Academy.^[5]