Shawn Hicks

{{short description|New Zealand cricketer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2015}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Shawn Hicks

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1995|7|10|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Centurion, South Africa

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| batting = Right-handed

| bowling = Right-arm medium-fast

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| club1 = Auckland

| year1 = 2015/16–2016/17

| club2 = Otago

| year2 = 2017/18–2018/19

| date = 21 December

| year = 2023

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/625959.html CricInfo

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Shawn Hicks (born 10 July 1995) is a South African-born former cricketer who played in New Zealand for Auckland and Otago between the 2015–16 and 2018–19 seasons.{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/625959.html |title=Shawn Hicks |accessdate=22 December 2015 |work=CricInfo}} After being forced to retire from the professional game at the age of 23 he has worked as a cricket coach and administrator.

Hicks was born at Centurion in 1995 and played under-13 cricket for Northerns in South Africa before moving to New Zealand with his family, attending Auckland Grammar School.[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/1212/1212654/1212654.html Shawn Hicks], CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 December 2023. {{subscription required}} An all-round sportsman at school, he was a "very promising" rugby union player and was selected for a national training squad.Seconi A (2022) [https://www.odt.co.nz/sport/cricket/back-around-bat-and-ball Back around bat and ball], Otago Daily Times, 28 October 2022. Retrieved 29 February 2024. He played age-group cricket for Auckland and represented the New Zealand national under-19 cricket team before making his first-class debut on 17 December 2015 in the 2015–16 Plunket Shield.{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/917531.html |title=Plunket Shield, Auckland v Northern Districts at Auckland, Dec 17-20, 2015 |accessdate=22 December 2015 |work=CricInfo}} He made his List A debut on 27 December 2015 in the 2015–16 Ford Trophy.{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/917579.html |title=The Ford Trophy, Otago v Auckland at Alexandra, Dec 27, 2015 |accessdate=21 March 2016 |work=CricInfo}} In June 2018, he was awarded a contract with Otago for the 2018–19 season, his last in senior cricket, and, aged 23, was forced to retire from the game at the end of the season as a result of a series of concussions, following on from similar injuries he received whilst playing rugby.{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/23797021/central-districts-drop-jesse-ryder-contracts-list |title=Central Districts drop Jesse Ryder from contracts list |work=CricInfo |accessdate=15 June 2018}}

In 17 first-class matches Hicks scored 651 runs and took seven wickets. He also played in 26 List A and 16 Twenty20 matches in his senior career. Following his retirement from cricket he completed a degree in accounting, worked in administration for a year and has since moved to work for Sport Otago. He has coached the Otago under-17 side, the John McGlashan College team, and in 2022–23 coached University-Grange Cricket Club, a leading Dunedin club side, as well as assisting with the coaching of the Otago Sparks, the province's top-level women's side.