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 32)
Durban, Natal Province,
South Africa
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium-fast
RoleAll-rounder
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 58)1 July 2019 v Zimbabwe
Last ODI13 September 2021 v Zimbabwe
T20I debut (cap 44)13 February 2019 v Oman
Last T20I24 February 2022 v UAE
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2014–2020Northern Knights
2021–2023North West Warriors
2022/23Matabeleland 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 edit

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 edit

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]

References edit

  1. ^ "Shane Getkate". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
  2. ^ "Shane Getkate's calm fortitude in the face of adversity". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
  3. ^ "Hard work pays off for Getkate". Cricket Europe. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  4. ^ "Gareth Delany, Shane Getkate amongst 19 men's central player contracts offered ahead of a busy 2020". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
  5. ^ "Delany, Getkate highlight Ireland men's central contracts list for 2020". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
  6. ^ "Cricket Ireland Inter-Provincial Twenty20 Trophy, Munster Reds v Northern Knights at Cork, May 26, 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
  7. ^ "Cricket Ireland Inter-Provincial Limited Over Cup, North-West Warriors v Northern Knights at Strabane, May 29, 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 29 May 2017.
  8. ^ "Cricket Ireland Inter-Provincial Championship, North-West Warriors v Northern Knights at Eglinton, May 30-Jun 1, 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
  9. ^ "Five Emerging Player contracts awarded ahead of big year for Irish cricket". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
  10. ^ "Eoin Morgan to represent Dublin franchise in inaugural Euro T20 Slam". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
  11. ^ "Euro T20 Slam Player Draft completed". Cricket Europe. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
  12. ^ "Inaugural Euro T20 Slam cancelled at two weeks' notice". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
  13. ^ "Ireland announce squads for Afghanistan series". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
  14. ^ "Stirling to captain Ireland T20 squad, new faces named for upcoming Oman and Afghanistan series". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
  15. ^ "2nd Match, Oman Quadrangular T20I Series at Al Amarat, Feb 13 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
  16. ^ "Stirling fires Ireland to T20 International win over Oman". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
  17. ^ "700 and counting". Cricket Europe. Retrieved 14 February 2019.
  18. ^ "Ireland Wolves squads named for Scotland 'A' series". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
  19. ^ "Ireland Men's and Ireland Wolves squads announced for Zimbabwe series". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
  20. ^ "1st ODI, Zimbabwe tour of Netherlands and Ireland at Bready, Jul 1 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  21. ^ "Squad announced for Oman Series and ICC Men's T20 World Cup Qualifier". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
  22. ^ "Ireland Wolves tour of Bangladesh to start with four-day game in Chattogram". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
  23. ^ "Ireland Wolves squad announced for Bangladesh tour". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
  24. ^ "Ireland names 18-player provisional squad for T20 World Cup". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 9 September 2021.

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