Shane Michael Mott (born 20 March 1985) is an

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er. Mott is a left-handed

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who bowls left-arm fast-medium. Mott made his cricket debut when nine years old for

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Sports Cricket Club, coached by Harry Stephens. Mott began playing representative cricket for Hawkesbury in the under-14 Moore Shield side which featured future Australian cricketer

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. He continued to play for

Hawkesbury Cricket Club Hawkesbury Cricket Club is a cricket club based in the City of Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia. Nicknamed the Hawks. Inaugurated in 1985. Their home grounds of Owen Earle Oval and Bensons Lane Complex, which includes all 3 grade grounds, a ...

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, racking up 304 matches (191 in 1st Grade) and 510 wickets (337 in 1st Grade). In April 2011, Mott made his

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debut as an overseas player for the

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against

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in the

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, with Mott scoring 50

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in a Netherlands win. He made eight further appearances during the competition, with his final match coming against

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in August at the St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury. Mott had a successful tournament, ending it as the competition's leading wicket taker, taking 21 wickets at an

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of 15.95, with best figures of 4/29. During the 2011 season, Mott also played as the professional overseas player for

Bangor Cricket Club Bangor Cricket Club is a cricket club in Bangor, County Down County Down () is one of the six counties of Northern Ireland, one of the nine counties of Ulster and one of the traditional thirty-two counties of Ireland. It covers an area of ...

who play in the

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. Following his Clydesdale Bank 40 appearance against Kent in August, Mott appeared for Bangor against

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. While coming in to bowl in bad conditions, Mott slipped and broke both his leg and ankle, with Bangor abandoning the match. On 10 January 2018, Mott announced his retirement from cricket. The following 7 days was a period of mourning for the

and the Greater Hawkesbury area with an outpouring of well wishes on Mott's future endeavours.

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