Shayne Barry O'Connor (born 15 November 1973) is a former New Zealand international cricketer, who played in 19 Test matches and 38 One Day Internationals between 1997 and 2001.Shayne O'Connor, CricInfo. Retrieved 28 November 2023. After playing domestically for Otago between the 1994–95 and 2002–03 seasons, he retired from professional cricket after the 2003 Cricket World Cup.
O'Connor was born at Hastings in the Hawke's Bay Region into a farming family. He was educated at Napier Boys' High School.Anendra Singh (2014) Cricket: Ex-Black Cap, Shayne O'Connor's son trek from Otago, Hawke's Bay Today, 27 January 2014. Retrieved 28 November 2023.McCarron, Tony (2010). New Zealand Cricketers 1863/64–2010, p. 101. Cardiff: The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. (Available online at the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 5 June 2023.) He played for Central Districts age-group teams and the national under-19 team before making his senior representative debut for Otago during the 1994–95 season. In a career which lasted until the end of the 2002–03 season, O'Connor played in 78 top-level matches for Otago, taking 230 wickets for the team in first-class and List A matches. He also played Hawke Cup cricket for Central Otago.Shayne O'Connor, CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
O'Connor played 57 times for the New Zealand national cricket team, including taking a five-wicket haul in the semi-final of the 2000 ICC KnockOut Trophy.Seconi A (2017) Five-for carried the day, Otago Daily Times, 1 June 2017. Retrieved 28 November 2023. He retired from cricket at the age of 29 in 2003, opting to take up an opportunity to establish a business at Alexandra in Central Otago.McConnell L (2003) O'Connor's retirement a blow for New Zealand, CricInfo. Retrieved 28 November 2023. In 2023 he volunteered to act as a match referee in domestic cricket, with New Zealand Cricket suffering from a shortage of available officials. Ahead of the 2024–25 season he was formally appointed to the match referees panel.Seconi A (2024) O’Connor appointed to NZC’s match referees panel, Otago Daily Times, 30 July 2024. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
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