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Simon Keene
Personal information
Full name
Simon Bryan Keene
Born (2000-10-21) 21 October 2000 (age 23)
Auckland, New Zealand
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium-fast
RoleBowler
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2021/22–presentAuckland
Career statistics
Competition FC LA
Matches 5 2
Runs scored 94 4
Batting average 15.66
100s/50s 0/1 0/0
Top score 65 4*
Balls bowled 196 4
Wickets 25 4
Bowling average 14.28 22.00
5 wickets in innings 3 0
10 wickets in match 0 0
Best bowling 6/44 4/47
Catches/stumpings 1/– 1/–
Source: Cricinfo, 19 May 2022

Simon Brian Keene[1] (born 21 October 2000) is a New Zealand cricketer who has played five first-class and two List A matches. A bowler who can bat, Keene has had success playing for the Auckland cricket team. He was the equal third-highest wicket-taker in the 2021–22 Plunket Shield season. His 25 wickets in the season were at the cost of just 14.28 runs apiece.

Career

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Before his senior career for Auckland, Keene played seven Youth ODIs for the New Zealand national under-19 cricket team in January 2020, including three matches in the Under-19 Cricket World Cup. In total, he scored 42 runs at a batting average of 7.00 and took 3 wickets at a bowling average of 43.00.[2] In the next season, he played two matches for a New Zealand XI, consisting of mostly young players not appearing for their province in the Super Smash, against the Pakistan Shaheens. In the matches, on 3 January and 5 January, Keene took 4 wickets in total.[3][4]

Keene made his senior debut as a 20-year-old on 11 February 2022 in the Plunket Shield, batting at 9 and bowling second change. In the game, for Auckland against Otago, he took match figures of 7 wickets for 38 runs conceded (7–38).[5]

One week later, Keene played two List A matches in the Ford Trophy for Auckland. On debut, he took 4–47 off 10 overs to help Auckland to a win. In the second game Keene did not get any wickets, but he did take a catch and was not out in a close run chase.[6][7] As he did not play in the final of the Ford Trophy, which Auckland won, Keene has not played any further one-day games.[8]

From 3–6 March, Keene played for Auckland against Canterbury in the Plunket Shield. He scored 0 runs in his sole innings, but took 8 wickets including 6–44 to secure a win for Auckland.[9] His next game was on 28 March, against Wellington; he took 6–51 and 2–38 in Auckland's win.[10] The following week he played again, this time against Central Districts, with his first senior cricket fifty – 65 off 108 deliveries – but took no wicket in 20 overs.[11] Keene played also in the final match of the season, against Canterbury, ending up with match figures of 2–70.[12]

Keene received his first professional contract, for Auckland, ahead of the 2022–23 cricket season.[13]

References

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  1. ^ "Simon Keene". Wisden. Retrieved 19 May 2022.
  2. ^ "Simon Keene – career statistics". Cricinfo. Retrieved 16 October 2022.
  3. ^ "Pakistan Shaheens tour of New Zealand: Lincoln, 3 January 2021". Cricinfo. Retrieved 19 May 2022.
  4. ^ "Pakistan Shaheens tour of New Zealand: Lincoln, 5 January 2021". Cricinfo. Retrieved 19 May 2022.
  5. ^ "11th match, 2021–22 Plunket Shield: Dunedin, 11–14 February 2022". Cricinfo. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
  6. ^ "28th match, 2021–22 Ford Trophy: Auckland, 22 February 2022". Cricinfo. Retrieved 19 May 2022.
  7. ^ "29th match, 2021–22 Ford Trophy: Auckland, 24 February 2022". Cricinfo. Retrieved 19 May 2022.
  8. ^ "Final, 2021–22 Ford Trophy: Queenstown, 26 February 2022". Cricinfo. Retrieved 19 May 2022.
  9. ^ "13th match, 2021–22 Plunket Shield: Auckland, 3–6 March 2022". Cricinfo. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
  10. ^ "19th match, 2021–22 Plunket Shield: Auckland, 28–30 March 2022". Cricinfo. Retrieved 16 October 2022.
  11. ^ "23rd match, 2021–22 Plunket Shield: Napier, 5–8 April 2022". Cricinfo. Retrieved 16 October 2022.
  12. ^ "24th match, 2021–22 Plunket Shield: Lincoln, 12–15 April 2022". Cricinfo. Retrieved 16 October 2022.
  13. ^ Deivarayan Muthu (22 June 2022). "NZ domestic contracts: Milne moves to Wellington, Glenn Phillips reunites with brother Dale at Otago". Cricinfo. Retrieved 16 October 2022.