Henry Shipley Height, Weight, Age, Body Statistics

Henry Shipley is a New Zealander professional cricketer who has represented his country in the ODI format of the sport, as a pace bowler. In the New Zealand domestic circuit, Henry has played for Canterbury (2016-Present) throughout his career, across all formats.

Born Name

Henry Burton Shipley

Nick Name

Henry

Sun Sign

Taurus

Born Place

Darfield, Selwyn District, Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand

Residence

Christchurch, Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand

Nationality

Education

Henry had attended St. Andrew’s College, a private, co-educational school in Christchurch. Founded in 1917, it is the only independent, co-educational primary and secondary school in New Zealand’s South Island.

He later pursued a B. Com. (Bachelor of Commerce) degree in marketing & economics at Lincoln University, one of New Zealand’s 8 major public universities. The campus is located outside the city of Christchurch, in Lincoln, Canterbury.

Occupation

Professional Cricketer

Family

• Father – James Shipley (Former Cricketer)
• Others – Mark Priest (Uncle) (Former Professional Cricketer), Burton Shipley (Cousin Uncle) (Basketball Administrator, Former Cricketer), Jenny Shipley (née Robson) (Cousin Aunt) (Politician, First Female Prime Minister (1997-1999) of New Zealand)

Batting

Right-Handed

Bowling

Right-Arm Medium-Fast

Role

Bowler

Jersey Number

46 – One Day International (ODI), Canterbury (New Zealand Domestic Cricket)

Build

Athletic

Height

6 ft 5 in or 195.5 cm

Weight

85 kg or 187.5 lbs

Girlfriend / Spouse

Henry has dated –

1. Emma Clarke (2021-Present)

Race / Ethnicity

White

Hair Color

Light Brown

Eye Color

Blue

Sexual Orientation

Straight

Distinctive Features

• Toned physique
• Towering frame
• Side-parted, wavy hair
• Affable smile
• Clean-shaven look

Henry Shipley Facts

1. In the 2021-22 season of the Super Smash (New Zealand’s premier domestic T20 cricket tournament), he finished as the tournament’s leading wicket-taker – 18 dismissals in 11 matches. Henry was Canterbury’s best bowler in the team’s 5th, 7th, 8th, 9th, and 10th matches of the league stage of the tournament – with his figures reading 2/17, 2/26, 3/14, 1/28, and 4/23 in those matches.
2. Canterbury won 4 of the aforementioned 5 matches and Henry’s performances were critical in helping the team finish in the 2nd position in the league stage of the tournament. He was Canterbury’s best bowler (2/30) in the final of the tournament as well but could not prevent a 56-run defeat to league-stage table-toppers Northern Brave who won the Super Smash title for the 3rd time.
3. In November 2022, Henry recorded career-best figures of 6/40 (which included a hat-trick (the feat of dismissing 3 batters off 3 legal deliveries) in the opening match of the season’s Ford Trophy (New Zealand’s premier domestic one-day cricket tournament), representing Canterbury, against Wellington. Quite surprisingly, it was the first hat-trick for Canterbury (and only the 4th overall) in the tournament’s 52-year history.
4. He made his ODI (and international) debut for New Zealand in January 2023 in the 1st match of a 3-match bilateral away ODI series against Pakistan. He was dismissed for a ‘golden duck’ (dismissed on the first ball faced, without scoring any run) in the first half of the match and returned bowling figures of 0/28 in 6 overs in the second half, as Pakistan won the match by 6 wickets. Henry was not considered in New Zealand’s ‘Playing XI’ for the last 2 matches of the series where the team bounced back to clinch the series by a 2-1 margin.
5. He played his next international match for New Zealand later that month – the first ODI of a 3-match bilateral away series against India. He picked his first 2 international wickets in that match but was carted around for 74 runs in 9 overs as India put up a massive total of 349 runs. In the 2nd half of the match, Henry bagged his 2nd successive international-level ‘golden duck’ as New Zealand lost a closely fought match by just 12 runs.

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