| Shane George | |
| Country: | Australia |
| Fullname: | Shane Peter George |
| Birth Date: | 21 October 1970 |
| Birth Place: | Adelaide, South Australia, Australia |
| Batting: | Right-handed |
| Bowling: | Right-arm fast-medium |
| Role: | Bowler |
| Club1: | South Australia |
| Year1: | 1987-88 to 1997-98 |
| Columns: | 2 |
| Column1: | FC |
| Matches1: | 56 |
| Runs1: | 509 |
| Bat Avg1: | 9.42 |
| 100S/50S1: | 0/2 |
| Top Score1: | 62 |
| Deliveries1: | 10,784 |
| Wickets1: | 156 |
| Bowl Avg1: | 40.57 |
| Fivefor1: | 2 |
| Tenfor1: | 0 |
| Best Bowling1: | 6/51 |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 16/– |
| Column2: | List A |
| Matches2: | 27 |
| Runs2: | 54 |
| Bat Avg2: | 4.90 |
| 100S/50S2: | 0/0 |
| Top Score2: | 19 |
| Deliveries2: | 1391 |
| Wickets2: | 36 |
| Bowl Avg2: | 31.86 |
| Fivefor2: | 0 |
| Tenfor2: | 0 |
| Best Bowling2: | 4/33 |
| Catches/Stumpings2: | 3/– |
| Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/australia/content/player/5377.html Cricinfo |
| Date: | 13 October 2019 |
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 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]