| Shawn Hicks | |
| Birth Date: | 10 July 1995 |
| Birth Place: | Centurion, South Africa |
| Batting: | Right-handed |
| Bowling: | Right-arm medium-fast |
| Club1: | Auckland |
| Year1: | 2015/16–2016/17 |
| Club2: | Otago |
| Year2: | 2017/18–2018/19 |
| Date: | 21 December |
| Year: | 2023 |
| Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/625959.html CricInfo |
Shawn Hicks (born 10 July 1995) is a South African-born former cricketer who played in New Zealand for Auckland and Otago between the 2015–16 and 2018–19 seasons.[1] After being forced to retire from the professional game at the age of 23 he has worked as a cricket coach and administrator.
Hicks was born at Centurion in 1995 and played under-13 cricket for Northerns in South Africa before moving to New Zealand with his family, attending Auckland Grammar School.[1] [2] An all-round sportsman at school, he was a "very promising" rugby union player and was selected for a national training squad.[3] He played age-group cricket for Auckland and represented the New Zealand national under-19 cricket team before making his first-class debut on 17 December 2015 in the 2015–16 Plunket Shield.[4] He made his List A debut on 27 December 2015 in the 2015–16 Ford Trophy.[5] In June 2018, he was awarded a contract with Otago for the 2018–19 season, his last in senior cricket, and, aged 23, was forced to retire from the game at the end of the season as a result of a series of concussions, following on from similar injuries he received whilst playing rugby.[3] [6]
In 17 first-class matches Hicks scored 651 runs and took seven wickets. He also played in 26 List A and 16 Twenty20 matches in his senior career.[1] Following his retirement from cricket he completed a degree in accounting, worked in administration for a year and has since moved to work for Sport Otago. He has coached the Otago under-17 side, the John McGlashan College team, and in 2022–23 coached University-Grange Cricket Club, a leading Dunedin club side, as well as assisting with the coaching of the Otago Sparks, the province's top-level women's side.[3]