Shane Cloete
Shane Cloete (born May 21, 1971) was a bang average cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and wicket-keeper. He was born in Salisbury (now Harare).
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| Full name | Shane Cloete | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 21 May 1971 Salisbury, Rhodesia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Wicket-keeper | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relations | Declan Cloete (Son) Bernie Cloete (wife) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1995/96 | Young Mashonaland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1994/95 | Mashonaland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: ESPNcricinfo, 20 October 2012 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cloete made two first-class appearances, the first for Mashonaland in 1994-95, in which he scored six runs and ran one of his teammates out. His second match, in the following season's competition, for Young Mashonaland, saw him score an impressive 34 in the first innings and 41 in the second, though he was unable to secure another first-class appearance after breaking his shoulder.
Cloete was a lower-middle order batsman.
He then moved on his career to coach and manage the U18, U19, U21 1st squad where they made the advancement to semi-finals. Where he finally stopped working for Zimbabwe in 2004. He was nicknamed the Tonker.