Shane Harwood

Shane Michael Harwood (born 1 March 1974) is an Australian former international cricketer who played for the Victoria cricket team. He played in one One Day International and three Twenty20 International matches.

Early life Harwood grew up in Ballarat, Victoria playing both indoor and outdoor cricket until a back injury kept him out of the game for two years. Upon his return, he won the Ballarat Cricket Association's best player medal in a premiership season with his club Brown Hill.

He was also selected for Rajasthan Royals team in the Indian Premier League and he made his IPL debut on 2 May 2009 where he took a wicket of the first ball he bowled for the Rajasthan Royals. In the final year of his domestic career in 2012, he had T20 stints with Melbourne Renegades and Barisal Burners. Harwood would eventually return to his home town club of Brown Hill and in his last season at 43-years-old would score 553 runs and claim 31 wickets.

International career

Harwood represented Australia A and was suggested by teammate Shane Warne as being a contender for the 2006 Australian Test tour of South Africa. Although he did not make the Test squad, he was a surprise selection for Australia in a Twenty20 International game against England in early 2007, taking the wicket of Andrew Flintoff in a spell of 1/44.

He was named in the Australian 30-man preliminary squad for the 2007 World Cup, but did not make the final squad.

On 12 March 2009, Harwood was selected for the 16-man Australian one-day squad in South Africa. He played both Twenty20 Internationals, taking 2/21 in the second match off his four overs. He made his One Day International debut for Australia against South Africa on 13 April 2009, with bowling figures of 2/57 from his ten overs, taking the wickets of Jacques Kallis and JP Duminy.