Shane Michael Harwood (born 1 March 1974) is an Australian former international

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er who played for the

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. He played in one One Day International and three

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matches.

Early life

Harwood grew up in Ballarat, Victoria playing both indoor and outdoor cricket until a back injury kept him out of the game for two years. Upon his return, he won the Ballarat Cricket Association's best player medal in a premiership season with his club Brown Hill. Moving to Melbourne, he was recruited by the

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(MCC) ahead of the 1999-20 season. He would start with the MCC's second XI, quickly progressing to the first XI where he took 46 wickets for the season.

Domestic career

Harwood began his

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career as a 28-year-old playing for

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in 2002–03 and became the third Australian to get a

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on debut. Harwood took the wickets of Tasmanian batters

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and Graeme Cunningham, before bowling

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to complete the hat-trick. Interviewed by the media, Victorian teammate

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drove past in his Ferrari, tooting his horn and revving the engine, shouting out "next Australian quick." Harwood was also a useful tailender who in the

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once scored a 31-ball 50. On 16 January 2006 Harwood took career-best figures of 6/38 in a

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match against New South Wales. In 2006-07, he claimed 26 first class wickets at 30.26 and 13 wickets at 16.30 in the domestic one-dayers as his sharp pace and awkward bounce dried up the opposition's runs. Harwood's career was limited by injuries, including a broken leg, a broken eye socket and depressed cheekbone, a broken hand, hamstring problems, and a shoulder reconstruction. He was also selected for

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team in the

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and he made his IPL debut on 2 May 2009 where he took a wicket of the first ball he bowled for the Rajasthan Royals. In the final year of his domestic career in 2012, he had T20 stints with

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and Barisal Burners. Harwood would eventually return to his home town club of Brown Hill and in his last season at 43-years-old would score 553 runs and claim 31 wickets.

International career

Harwood represented Australia A and was suggested by teammate

as being a contender for the 2006 Australian Test tour of South Africa. Although he did not make the Test squad, he was a surprise selection for Australia in a

game against England in early 2007, taking the wicket of

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in a spell of 1/44. He was named in the Australian 30-man preliminary squad for the 2007 World Cup, but did not make the final squad. On 12 March 2009, Harwood was selected for the 16-man

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one-day squad in South Africa. He played both Twenty20 Internationals, taking 2/21 in the second match off his four overs. He made his One Day International debut for Australia against South Africa on 13 April 2009, with bowling figures of 2/57 from his ten overs, taking the wickets of

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and

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