Shane Getkate

Shane Charles Getkate (born 2 October 1991) is a South African-born Irish cricketer.^[1] Getkate was born with Wolff–Parkinson–White syndrome,^[2] which caused him to collapse on field during an under-19 game in June 2011.^[3] In January 2020, he was one of nineteen players to be awarded a central contract from Cricket Ireland,^[4] the first year in which all contracts were awarded on a full-time basis.^[5]

Shane Getkate

Personal information
Full name	Shane Charles Getkate
Born	(1991-10-02) 2 October 1991 (age 33) Durban, Natal Province, South Africa
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm medium-fast
Role	All-rounder
International information
National side	Ireland
ODI debut (cap 58)	1 July 2019 v Zimbabwe
Last ODI	13 September 2021 v Zimbabwe
T20I debut (cap 44)	13 February 2019 v Oman
Last T20I	24 February 2022 v UAE
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2014–2020	Northern Knights
2021–2023	North West Warriors
2022/23	Matabeleland Tuskers
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I FC LA Matches 4 30 11 56 Runs scored 23 275 381 1,078 Batting average 23.00 11.95 23.81 25.06 100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/2 1/5 Top score 16* 30 70 104* Balls bowled 192 330 726 1,392 Wickets 7 16 13 46 Bowling average 20.71 28.93 35.38 28.02 5 wickets in innings 0 0 0 1 10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0 Best bowling 2/30 3/20 4/62 5/44 Catches/stumpings 1/– 9/– 0/– 11/–
Source: Cricinfo, 16 May 2023

Domestic and T20 career

He made his Twenty20 cricket debut for Northern Knights in the 2017 Inter-Provincial Trophy on 26 May 2017.^[6] He made his List A debut for Northern Knights in the 2017 Inter-Provincial Cup on 29 May 2017.^[7] He made his first-class debut for Northern Knights in the 2017 Inter-Provincial Championship on 30 May 2017.^[8]

In April 2019, he was one of five cricketers to be awarded with an Emerging Player Contract by Cricket Ireland, ahead of the 2019 domestic season.^[9] In July 2019, he was selected to play for the Belfast Titans in the inaugural edition of the Euro T20 Slam cricket tournament.^[10][11] However, the following month the tournament was cancelled.^[12]

International career

In January 2019, he was named in Ireland's Twenty20 International (T20I) squads for the Oman Quadrangular Series and the series against Afghanistan in India.^[13][14] He made his T20I debut for Ireland against Oman on 13 February 2019,^[15] becoming Ireland's 700th international cap.^[16][17]

In June 2019, he was named in the Ireland Wolves squad for their home series against the Scotland A cricket team.^[18] Later the same month, he was named in Ireland's squad for their series against Zimbabwe.^[19] He made his One Day International (ODI) debut for Ireland against Zimbabwe on 1 July 2019.^[20]

In September 2019, he was named in Ireland's squad for the 2019 ICC T20 World Cup Qualifier tournament in the United Arab Emirates.^[21] In February 2021, Getkate was named in the Ireland Wolves' squad for their tour to Bangladesh.^[22][23] In September 2021, Getkate was named in Ireland's provisional squad for the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup.^[24]