Steve O'Keefe

Personal information

Full name

Stephen Norman John O'Keefe

Born

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

Australia

Test debut (cap 439)

22 October 2014 v Pakistan

Last Test

3 January 2016 v West Indies

T20I debut (cap 46)

6 July 2010 v Pakistan

Last T20I

16 October 2011 v South Africa

Domestic team information

Years

Team

2005–present

New South Wales (squad no. 72)

2011

Kochi Tuskers Kerala

2011–present

Sydney Sixers

Career statistics

Competition	Test	T20I	FC	LA
Matches	2	7	53	41
Runs scored	6	32	1641	525
Batting average	6.00	6.40	29.30	22.82
100s/50s	0/0	0/0	0/8	0/1
Top score	6	22	99	70*
Balls bowled	342	114	10,192	1,698
Wickets	5	6	174	21
Bowling average	54.75	24.83	24.79	66.57
5 wickets in innings	0	0	5	0
10 wickets in match	n/a	n/a	1	n/a
Best bowling	2/107	3/29	7/35	2/25
Catches/stumpings	0/–	1/–	24/–	19/–

Source: Cricinfo, 15 September 2015

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.

Career best performances

	Bowling
	Score	Fixture	Venue	Season
Test	3/63	Australia v West Indies	Sydney Cricket Ground, Australia	2016 ^[4]
T20I	3/29	Australia v Pakistan	Edgbaston, Birmingham	2010 ^[5]
FC	7/35	Australia A v Sri Lanka A	Allan Border Field, Brisbane	2010 ^[6]
LA	3/65	Queensland v New South Wales	Gabba, Brisbane	2012 ^[7]
T20	3/20	Adelaide Strikers v Sydney Sixers	Adelaide Oval, Adelaide	2012 ^[8]

References

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

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Australia national cricket team – current squad

1 Khawaja
2 Bailey (†)
5 Finch
6 Coulter-Nile ‡
8 M. Marsh
9 S. Marsh
11 Paris (†)
13 Wade (Wk)
26 Boland (†)
31 Warner (VC)
32 Maxwell
33 Watson
38 Hazlewood
41 Hastings (†)
44 Faulkner
47 Richardson (†)
49 Smith (C)
56 Starc ‡
Pattinson (†)
Siddle (†)
Voges (†)
Lyon (†)
Burns (†)
Nevill (Wk) (†)
O'Keefe (†)

Coach: Lehmann

Note. (†) indicate players who are currently active in the team only in a single format & ‡ indicate injured players within the squad.

Only players with 2015–16 Cricket Australia contracts or who have played in the most recent series are listed. A fuller list of recent players can be found at the main article.

New South Wales – current squad

1 Abbott 2 Bills* 3 Bollinger 4 Carters* (†) 6 Conway* 7 Copeland 8 Cummins 9 Dwarshuis* 11 Hazlewood 12 Henriques 13 Henry 14 Hughes 15 Lalor 16 Lenton* 17 Lyon 18 Maddinson 19 Nevill 20 O'Keefe (c) 21 Patterson 22 Rohrer 23 Sandhu 24 Smith 25 Starc 26 Tremain 31 Warner 33 Watson Coach: Bayliss

Sydney Sixers – current squad

1 Carters (†) 4 Bollinger 5 Ayre 8 Hazlewood 14 Silk 21 Henriques (c) 22 Botha 23 Dwarshuis 24 Haddin (†) 27 Cowan 33 Bird 36 Larkin 37 Lawford 41 Lumb 49 Smith 53 Maddinson 56 Starc 67 Lyon 72 O'Keefe 77 Abbott 79 Edwards 88 Kai Ming Chhibber Coach: Shipperd

Sydney Sixers 2011–12 BBL Champions

Sydney Sixers defeated Perth Scorchers by 7 wickets, at the WACA Ground

5. Moran 7. Thornely 11. MacGill 20. Nevill (†) 21. Henriques 49. Smith (c) 53. Maddinson 56. Starc 58. Lee 72. O'Keefe 99. Rohrer Coach: Bayliss

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