Steve O'Keefe

Steve O'Keefe
Personal information
Full name Stephen Norman John O'Keefe
Born (1984-12-09) 9 December 1984
Malaysia
Nickname Sok[1]
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Batting style Right-handed
Bowling style Slow left-arm orthodox
Role All-rounder
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 439) 22 October 2014 v Pakistan
Last Test 26 July 2016 v Sri Lanka
T20I debut (cap 46) 6 July 2010 v Pakistan
Last T20I 16 October 2011 v South Africa
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2005–present New South Wales (squad no. 72)
2011 Kochi Tuskers Kerala
2011–present Sydney Sixers
Career statistics
Competition Test T20I FC LA
Matches 3 7 63 48
Runs scored 33 32 1,849 583
Batting average 11.00 6.40 29.34 23.32
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/9 0/1
Top score 23 22 99 70*
Balls bowled 659 114 12,018 1,992
Wickets 10 6 215 29
Bowling average 35.60 24.83 23.44 55.89
5 wickets in innings 0 0 8 0
10 wickets in match 0 n/a 2 n/a
Best bowling 3/63 3/29 7/35 3/65
Catches/stumpings 0/– 1/– 28/– 21/–
Source: Cricinfo, 8 November 2016

Stephen Norman John O'Keefe (born 9 December 1984 in Malaysia) is an Australian cricketer and current captain of the New South Wales Sheffield Shield team.

Career

O'Keefe made his First-Class debut for New South Wales against Tasmania in November 2005.[2] O'Keefe took 2 wickets and scored 10 runs on debut. His first scoring shot was a six.

O'Keefe was called up to the Australian Test team to replace the injured Nathan Hauritz for the series against Pakistan in England, but did not play in the Tests. He made his Twenty20 international debut during the England tour.

2010 saw Stephen O'Keefe as a crucial member of the NSW Blues squads in all forms of cricket. On the eve of the 2010 Ashes series O'Keefe performed impressively taking 4/88 against a full strength English batting line up. These figures would remain the best by an Australian spinner all summer. He also top scored with the bat scoring 66 runs.

The Kochi Tuskers Kerala picked him up at the Indian Premier League auction for $20,000. In Sydney Grade Cricket he plays for Manly Warringah, although he originally played for Hawkesbury.

He finished the 2013/14 domestic Sheffield Shield season as the leading wicket taker with 41 wickets for the NSW Blues, just edging out Western Australia's Jason Behrendorff.

He made his Test match debut for Australia against Pakistan in the United Arab Emirates on 22 October 2014.[3] He was Australian Test Cap number 439.

Others

On 8 August 2016, Steve O'Keefe was fined $10,000 by Cricket Australia after being issued with a criminal infringement notice by New South Wales Police following an incident at a Sydney hotel on 6 August 2016.[4]

Career best performances

Bowling
Score Fixture Venue Season
Test 3/63 Australia v West Indies Sydney Cricket Ground, Australia 2016 [5]
T20I 3/29 Australia v Pakistan Edgbaston, Birmingham 2010 [6]
FC 7/35 Australia A v Sri Lanka A Allan Border Field, Brisbane 2010 [7]
LA 3/65 Queensland v New South Wales Gabba, Brisbane 2012 [8]
T20 3/20 Adelaide Strikers v Sydney Sixers Adelaide Oval, Adelaide 2012 [9]

References

  1. ↑ "Steve O'KeefePlayer Profile". Bigbash.com.au. Retrieved 2015-03-04.
  2. ↑ "New South Wales v Tasmania at Sydney, Nov 18–20, 2005". Cricinfo.com.
  3. ↑ "Australia tour of United Arab Emirates, 1st Test: Australia v Pakistan at Dubai (DSC), Oct 22–26, 2014". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 22 October 2014.
  4. ↑ "O'Keefe fined over hotel incident". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
  5. ↑ "West Indies tour of Australia, 3rd Test: Australia v West Indies at Sydney Scoreboard". ESPNcricinfo. 7 Jan 2016. Retrieved 7 January 2016.
  6. ↑ "Australia tour of England and Ireland, 2010 - Australia v Pakistan Scorecard". ESPNcricinfo. 6 July 2010. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
  7. ↑ "Sri Lanka A tour of Australia, 2010 - Australia A v Sri Lanka A Scorecard". ESPNcricinfo. 21 June 2010. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
  8. ↑ "Ryobi One-Day Cup, 2012/13 - QLD v NSW Scorecard". ESPNcricinfo. 21 November 2012. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
  9. ↑ "Big Bash League, 2011/12 - Adelaide Strikers v Sydney Sixers Scorecard". ESPNcricinfo. 10 January 2012. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
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