Lindsay Breen (born 16 July 1971) is a New Zealand former
cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...
Otago
Otago (, ; mi, Ōtākou ) is a region of New Zealand located in the southern half of the South Island administered by the Otago Regional Council. It has an area of approximately , making it the country's second largest local government reg ...
in the 1993–94 and 1994–95 seasons and appeared in 20
List A
List A cricket is a classification of the limited-overs (one-day) form of the sport of cricket, with games lasting up to eight hours. List A cricket includes One Day International (ODI) matches and various domestic competitions in which the numbe ...
matches for the side between 1991–92 and 1997–98.Lindsey Breen CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 May 2023.
Breen was born at
Alexandra
Alexandra () is the feminine form of the given name Alexander (, ). Etymologically, the name is a compound of the Greek verb (; meaning 'to defend') and (; GEN , ; meaning 'man'). Thus it may be roughly translated as "defender of man" or "prot ...
in Central Otago and educated at
Southland Boys' High School
Southland Boys' High School (SBHS) is an all-boys school in Invercargill, New Zealand, and has been the only one in the city since Marist Brothers was merged with St Catherines to form Verdon College in 1982.
History
SBHS was founded in 1881 and ...
in
Invercargill
Invercargill ( , mi, Waihōpai is the southernmost and westernmost city in New Zealand, and one of the southernmost cities in the world. It is the commercial centre of the Southland region. The city lies in the heart of the wide expanse of t ...
. Professionally he has worked as a human resources consultant,McCarron A (2010) ''New Zealand Cricketers 1863/64–2010'', p. 24. Cardiff:
The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians
The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians (ACS) was founded in England in 1973 for the purpose of researching and collating information about the history and statistics of cricket. Originally called the Association of Cricket Statis ...
. as the Managing Director of The Breen Construction Company and as the directors of a property company in Alexandra. He has three children.Lindsay Breen Central Lakes Trust. Retrieved 30 May 2023.
After playing age-group cricket for Otago during the 1989–90 season, Breen made his senior debut for Otago in December 1991 in a List A match against
Central Districts
The Central Stags, formerly known as Central Districts, are a first-class cricket team based in central New Zealand. They are the men's representative side of the Central Districts Cricket Association. They compete in the Plunket Shield firs ...
Otago Daily Times
The ''Otago Daily Times'' (ODT) is a newspaper published by Allied Press Ltd in Dunedin, New Zealand. The ''ODT'' is one of the country's four main daily newspapers, serving the southern South Island with a circulation of around 26,000 and a c ...
'', 2 October 2020. Retrieved 30 May 2023. He played most of his senior cricket during the following three seasons, making his first-class debut in January 1994 and scoring his only senior century in March of the same year in a first-class match against a New Zealand Academy side at
Molyneux Park
Molyneux Park is a cricket ground and sports complex in Alexandra, Otago, New Zealand. It is the main sports venue for the Alexandra area.
Molyneux Park was developed in the 1960s and 1970s. As well as cricket, rugby, softball, netball and bowls ...
in Alexandra, an innings which has been described as the "highlight" of his career. He played for
Central Otago
Central Otago is located in the inland part of the Otago region in the South Island of New Zealand. The motto for the area is "A World of Difference".
The area is dominated by mountain ranges and the upper reaches of the Clutha River and tributa ...
during the 1995–96
Hawke Cup
The Hawke Cup is a non-first-class cricket competition for New Zealand's district associations. Apart from 1910–11, 1912–13 and 2000–01 the competition has always been on a challenge basis. To win the Hawke Cup, the challengers must beat t ...
side and later captained the side, before playing a final List A match in January 1998, recording a duck again at Molyneux Park.
Breen has been a long-standing member of the Otago Country Cricket Association's committee and has served as chairman. He has been instrumental in maintaining the senior status of Molyneux Park, working with fellow former Otago player