2) Shane Bond trained as a policeman in 1999-2000 due to which he had to miss out a domestic season. Shane worked as a Police officer in Christchurch before becoming an International player
3) Before his international debut, Shane Bond had played in England. It wasn’t county cricket, but in the Northern Lancashire League
4) Shane Bond made his professional Cricket debut for Canterbury on 20 January 1997, in a match against Central Districts
5) Shane Bond had featured in U-19 level for New Zealand in only one game. Bond played Youth Test in March, 1995 at Hamilton where he top scored with the bat scoring an unbeaten 45 by batting out 127 balls. Bond bowled only 5 overs in the game and didn’t concede a run in it
6) Shane Bond made his International debut in November, 2001 at Hobart against Australia in a Test match
7) Shane Bond made his ODI debut against Australia in the tri-series in 2002 and took a three-wicket haul in his first game. In his fifth ODI Bond took five for 25 to help New Zealand beat South Africa. In the 9 matches he played in that series, he took 21 wickets at an average of 16.38. Shane was named Man of the Series
8) Shane Bond first 3 wickets in Test Cricket are Steve Waugh, Matthew Hayden and Justin Langer. All the 3 were dismissed for a duck
9) Shane Bond first 3 wickets in ODI are Mark Waugh, Ricky Ponting and Steve Waugh
10) In the 2003 World Cup match against Australia, Bond took 6 for 23 and bowled the eventual world champions out for 208. Unfortunately, New Zealand lost that match. However, two years later, he took 6 for 19 against India, and New Zealand managed to win the match. In the latter match, he destroyed the Indians, reducing them to 39 for 6 at one stage - Bond took 5 of those wickets
11) Shane Bond picked up a hat trick in his International career, which came in an ODI vs Australia at Hobart in 2007. Bond got wickets of Andrew Symonds, Cameron White and Nathan Bracken during his hat trick
12) Out of 147 ODI wickets, 44 came against Australia at 15.79. Moreover, one of Australia’s most prolific batsmen - Ricky Ponting - was dismissed by Bond in his first six ODIs. Moreover, his only ODI hat-trick and best figures of 6 for 23 were registered against the arch-rivals
13) In ICC Cricket World 2003, Bond clocked 156.4 kph against India. Though the fastest ball of his career did not fetch him a wicket, Bond rattled Virender Sehwag and Sourav Ganguly, conceding only 23 runs. However, it is the 9th fastest delivery in history
14) Ricky Ponting and Chris Gayle are his most frequent victims as Bond dismissed them seven times each in international cricket. Ponting played Bond in 17 matches, whereas Gayle faced him in 16 games. Ponting has in fact recorded two blobs against Bond
15) Shane Bond took just 54 matches to reach 100 ODI wickets. Shane is the fastest New Zealand player to the milestone and the 2nd fastest in overall
16) Shane Bond played in 2007 World T20 where Bond picked up 7 wickets in 6 games. Bond bowled the first ever maiden over in World T20 history
17) Shane Bond justified his name ‘Bond’. The swaggering New Zealander, in 1999-2000, underwent police training before Shane made headlines for his bowling abilities in the 20th century
18) Just before Shane Bond called it a day from international cricket, Shane was part of IPL’s Kolkata Knight Riders. The franchisee brought him for USD 750,000. Since 2015, Shane has been the bowling coach of Mumbai Indians
19) Shane Bond played for the Delhi Giants in ICL
20) On 22 February 2008, Shane Bond signed for English domestic cricket team Hampshire, but Shane never played an International game there.
21) Shane Bond has picked up 259 wickets in 120 international games at a strike rate of 31.3, the best for any bowler who picked a minimum of 150 wickets.
His bowling strike rates in ODI and Tests read 29.2 and 38.7 which are the 2nd best for any player in respective formats
22) In December 2009, Shane Bond announced his retirement from Test cricket due to the injuries that had been plaguing him for years. Bond said he wanted to elongate his career in the Limited Overs formats of the game. Shane ended his career in Test cricket taking 87 wickets in 18 matches at an average of 22.09 and at a strike rate of 38.7
23) On 14 May 2010, Shane Bond announced retirement from all international cricket after the ICC T20 2010
24) Shane Bond played for Sagittarius Soldiers in the inaugural edition of MCL and picked up 5 wickets
25) Shane Bond was appointed as the bowling coach for New Zealand cricket team in October 2012. Bond retired from the position after the 2015 world cup where New Zealand reached the final
26) Shane Bond became bowling coach of the Mumbai Indians in 2015
27) Shane Bond is married to Tracey Bond and father of three children
28) described as "New Zealand's best fast bowler since Sir Richard Hadlee"
29) In 2007, Bond received New Zealand player of the year award for 2006/07 season. In the same year, Bond was included in ICC Test XI of the year.
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