Stephen O'Keefe

Steve O'Keefe

O'Keefe in November 2008
Personal information
Full name	Stephen Norman John O'Keefe
Born	(1984-12-09) 9 December 1984 (age 32) Malaysia
Nickname	Sock (SOK), Sango
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Batting style	Right-handed
Bowling style	Slow left-arm orthodox
Role	All-rounder
International information
National side	Australia
Test debut (cap 439)	22 October 2014 v Pakistan
Last Test	25 March 2017 v India
T20I debut (cap 46)	6 July 2010 v Pakistan
Last T20I	16 October 2011 v South Africa
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2005–present	New South Wales (squad no. 72)
2011	Kochi Tuskers Kerala
2011–present	Sydney Sixers (squad no. 72)
Career statistics
Competition Test T20I FC LA Matches 8 7 70 48 Runs scored 78 32 1,936 583 Batting average 8.66 6.40 27.65 23.32 100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/9 0/1 Top score 25 22 99 70* Balls bowled 1,956 114 13,699 1,992 Wickets 33 6 244 29 Bowling average 27.30 24.83 23.77 55.89 5 wickets in innings 2 0 10 0 10 wickets in match 1 n/a 3 n/a Best bowling 6/35 3/29 7/35 3/65 Catches/stumpings 0/– 1/– 29/– 21/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 28 March 2017

Stephen Norman John O'Keefe (born 9 December 1984 in Malaysia) is an Australian cricketer who plays for the national team in Tests and T20Is. O'Keefe is the current captain of the New South Wales Sheffield Shield team.

O'Keefe was born on 9 December 1984 in Malaysia to Stephen, who worked for the Royal Australian Air Force, and Jan, a nurse. His father was stationed in Malaysia at the time of his birth. The family, which also includes O'Keefe's sister Rebekah, later moved to Sale, Victoria and then to Richmond, New South Wales. O'Keefe taught at the Richmond High School during his early cricket career.

On 8 August 2016, Steve O'Keefe was fined $10,000 by Cricket Australia after being issued with a criminal infringement notice by New South Wales Police following an incident at a Sydney hotel on 6 August 2016.

O'Keefe is a spinner for the Sydney Sixers. He is also a handy batsman for the Sixers. O'Keefe picked up the first wicket for the 2016–17 Big Bash League season. Sydney Thunder opening batsmen Kurtis Patterson just lobbed it to Doug Bollinger.

O'Keefe made his First-Class debut for New South Wales against Tasmania in November 2005. O'Keefe took 2 wickets and scored 10 runs on debut. His first scoring shot was a six.

O'Keefe did not play first class cricket again until November 2009. Against Tasmania he took 3-101. That summer he took 15 first class wickets at an average of 30.93, making him one of the better performing spinners in Australia. He also made 247 runs at an average of 61.75.