49 Facts About Shane Bond

Shane Edward Bond was born on 7 June 1975 and is a New Zealand cricket coach and former cricketer and present bowling coach of Mumbai Indians, described as "New Zealand's best fast bowler since Sir Richard Hadlee", and often among the greatest fast bowlers of his era.

Shane Bond represented New Zealand in Test, ODI and Twenty20 International cricket and played for Canterbury in New Zealand domestic cricket and Warwickshire in English domestic cricket.

Shane Bond had surgery in 2004 to try to prevent further injury, but it was only partially successful.

However, in June 2009 Shane Bond severed ties with the rebel league and declared himself available to be selected for the national side .

In January 2010, Shane Bond was selected to play in the 3rd season of the Indian Premier League for the Kolkata Knight Riders.

Shane Bond currently has the second best bowling strike rate of all time in Test match cricket, behind George Lohmann.

Shane Bond is married to Tracey Bond and is the father of three children.

Shane Bond is a nephew of Sir Mark Solomon, chairman of Te Runanga o Ngai Tahu.

Shane Bond made his first-class debut for Canterbury on 20 January 1997, in a match against Central Districts.

Shane Bond was relatively old when he made his first-class debut, at 21 years and 7 months old, and for the first few years of his career he played relatively little first-class cricket, playing only 12 matches for Canterbury in his first three seasons.

Shane Bond stopped playing cricket professionally for one year after he joined the New Zealand Police in November 1999, which left him no time to pursue his cricket career.

Shane Bond made a brief appearance in English county cricket in the 2002 season, representing Warwickshire in three County Championship games, finding moderate success with the ball.

Shane Bond returned to England to play a few matches for Hampshire in the 2008 season.

In January 2008, while recovering from an injury sustained on tour in South Africa, it was announced that Shane Bond had signed to play for the unofficial Indian Cricket League.

Shane Bond wrote in his book that he had no regret in playing for the ICL and stated that initially New Zealand cricket assured him he would still be able to represent New Zealand.

Shane Bond stated that the reason he defected was the fact that while New Zealand were giving good money it would not be enough to guarantee the future of his family once his cricket career would be over.

Shane Bond stated that he had no regrets and that he was a "victim of politics" because he defected.

In May 2009, the Indian Cricket League announced that several players had been released from their contracts, and in June Shane Bond confirmed to New Zealand Cricket that he had severed ties with the unofficial league, effectively making himself available to be selected for the national team.

On 22 February 2008, Shane Bond signed for English domestic cricket team Hampshire.

At the auction held for the third season of the lucrative IPL, Shane Bond was one of the main attractions, with his final price being over US$750,000, because of the undisclosed tiebreaker money above the $750,000.

Shane Bond's services were purchased by Kolkata Knight Riders, owned by Shahrukh Khan.

Shane Bond's debut came in the Second Test at Hobart when he was chosen ahead of Chris Martin on account of his extra pace.

Shane Bond had a forgettable debut in a rain-affected match, taking one for 135 in Australia's only innings.

Shane Bond fared little better in the Third Test at Perth, taking two for 154 in the match, which ended in a draw.

Shane Bond was the side's top wicket taker in its first-ever series win in the Caribbean.

Shane Bond continued to bowl well, again leading the New Zealand bowling averages at the 2003 World Cup.

Shane Bond's remodelled bowling action proved no less lethal than its predecessor, however: in his second match back he took six wickets for 19 runs against India.

Shane Bond worked his way back into the Test squad and had enough fuel for one final match-winning performance in the Dunedin Test against Pakistan.

Shane Bond struggled with back problems which cause soft tissue to break.

Shane Bond stated that this was one of his best ever bowling efforts.

On 14 January 2007, Shane Bond took a hat-trick in the last over against Australia in a One Day International at the Bellerive Oval, dismissing Cameron White, Andrew Symonds and Nathan Bracken in successive deliveries, becoming just the second New Zealand player to take a hat-trick in limited-overs international cricket, although the game was still lost by 105 runs.

Shortly Afterwards on 23 January 2007 Shane Bond became the second-fastest bowler in history to take 100 One-Day wickets, behind Pakistan's Saqlain Mushtaq by one match and the fastest fast bowler to reach the 100 wicket mark.

Shane Bond needed 54 fewer deliveries than the Pakistani to achieve the feat, and was the fastest bowler to take 100 wickets in terms of number of deliveries bowled.

On 27 November 2009, Shane Bond claimed his fifth five-wicket bag for New Zealand on his first test back against Pakistan.

Shane Bond achieved this feat in 54 matches in January 2007.

Shane Bond is only bettered by Saqlain Mushtaq and Mitchell Starc.

In December 2009, Shane Bond announced his retirement from Test cricket due to the injuries that had been plaguing him for years.

Shane Bond said he wanted to elongate his career in the Limited-Overs formats of the game.

Shane Bond ended his career in Test cricket taking 87 wickets in 18 matches at an average of 22.09 and at a strike rate of 38.7.

On 14 May 2010, Shane Bond announced retirement from all international cricket after the 2010 ICC World Twenty20.

Shane Bond is regarded as the best bowler to play for Blackcaps after the period of Hadlee.

In contrast to some other fully fast bowlers, Shane Bond combined pace with control and accuracy, assets which helped him find success in all forms of the game.

Shane Bond usually batted quite far down the batting order, at number nine or later, but he was capable of slogging some quick runs towards the end of an innings.

Shane Bond was appointed as the bowling coach for New Zealand cricket team in October 2012.

Shane Bond retired from the position after the 2015 Cricket World Cup where New Zealand reached the final.

Shane Bond was widely credited with enhancing the performance of the New Zealand team during his 3-year stint, especially that of Trent Boult and Tim Southee.

Shane Bond became bowling coach of the Mumbai Indians in 2015, and has since become commentator for Sky Sports with Mark Richardson, Ian Smith and Simon Doull since 2016.

Shane Bond became an assistant coach for the Brisbane Heat for the 2015 edition of the Big Bash League, working under head coach Daniel Vettori.

Shane Bond has written all his experiences in his autobiography written with Dylan Cleaver, Shane Bond: Looking Back.