Gregory Shipperd (born 13 November 1956) is an Australian cricket coach and former

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er who is the current coach of the

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coaching them to the Big Bash League title in BBL09 in 2019–20. He was also the coach of

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. As a player, he represented

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from 1977–78 to 1984–85 and finished his career with

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in 1990–91. He went on to coach

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and

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, as well as stints as coach of

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and

Playing career

A right-hand top-order batsman, Shipperd never played a

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or ODI for Australia, but was part of two rebel tours to South Africa in 1985–86, and in 1986–87. On the 1985–86 tour Shipperd scored 397 runs at 28.35, with a top score of 79. On the second tour he played in one match scoring 53 runs at 26.50. In his 112

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matches he made 6806 runs at 42.27. He was a member of the

side that won the

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in 1980–81 and in 1983–84. His highest score of 200 not out was made from 571 balls at the WACA, playing for Tasmania. In the same year he scored the slowest first-class century ever by an Australian, taking 481 minutes to score his hundred.

Coaching career

Tasmania

Shipperd's first head coaching role was with

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. He coached Tasmania for 11 seasons and guided them to their maiden

final in 1993–94. Under Shipperd, Tasmania made the final again in 1997–98 and 2001–02.

Victoria

Moving back to Victoria, Shipperd became assistant coach of

. He took over in 2004 when

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was killed. He led

their first

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title since 1990–91. In total he coached Victoria to 4 Sheffield Shield titles (2003/04, 2008/09, 2009/10, 2014/15), one National One-Day Cup (2010/11) and four Big Bash titles (2005/06, 2006/07, 2007/08, 2009/10). At the end of the 2014/15 season Victoria decided to part ways with Shipperd despite winning the Sheffield Shield.

Melbourne Stars

With the introduction of the Big Bash League for the 2011/12 season, Shipperd was named the inaugural coach of the

. He led the Stars to the finals in all four seasons in charge but each time they were to suffer defeat in the semi-finals. After the

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he was removed from his position as head coach.

Delhi Daredevils

Shipperd was the inaugural coach of the

in the

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. He was head coach for four seasons.

Sydney Sixers

In August 2015, Shipperd was announced as the new head coach of the

, taking over from

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New South Wales

In November 2022, Shipperd was announced as the interim head coach of

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, after Phil Jacques was dismissed.

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