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| Full name | Shawn Leonard Flegler | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 23 March 1972 Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Left-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Slow left-arm orthodox | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | All-rounder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1994/95 | Queensland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1997/98–1999/00 | Victoria | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:CricketArchive,10 November 2012 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Shawn Leonard Flegler (born 23 March 1972) is a former Australian cricketer who played domestically for Queensland and Victoria during the 1990s.
Born in Darwin,Northern Territory, [1] Flegler grew up in Queensland,and played for the state at under-17,under-19,colts,and second XI level,as well as attending the Australian Cricket Academy. [2] He made his first-class debut during the 1994–95 Sheffield Shield, [3] playing for Queensland against New South Wales in November 1994 in what was to be his only appearance for the state team. [4] Playing as an all-rounder who bowled slow left-arm orthodox spin,Flegler spent the 1995 and 1996 English cricket seasons playing for the Lowerhouse Cricket Club in the Lancashire League,as the club's designated professional. [5] He scored the most runs and took the most wickets in both of the seasons he spent at the club. [6]
Flegler transferred to Victoria for the 1997–98 Australian cricket season,and debuted for the Victorian cricket team in the 1997–98 Mutual Mercantile Cup. Although he only played first-class matches twice,both during the 1997–98 Sheffield Shield, [4] Flegler regularly played limited overs matches for Victoria in the 1997–98,1998–99,and 1999–2000 seasons,including in the team that won the 1998–99 competition. [7] His last game for the state was in December 1999,against Western Australia. [8] At grade cricket level,Flegler continued to play for the University. [9] In 2001 and 2002,he also played several games in Canada and Ireland as the professionals for the Vancouver-based North Shore Cricket Club and the Dublin-based Merrion Cricket Club. [2] [10]
After his retirement from playing,Flegler was recruited by Cricket Victoria as a development coach,serving variously in roles at the Cricket Victoria Academy and the Victorian High Performance Academy. Flegler was the coach of the state under-23 side in the Futures League., [11] and is currently Female High Performance Manager and Chair of the Women's National Selection Panel at Cricket Australia. [12]