{{short description|English cricketer and coach}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2016}} {{Use British English|date=March 2016}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = Kevin Shine | image = | country = England | fullname = Kevin James Shine | nickname = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1969|2|22|df=yes}} | birth_place = Bracknell, Berkshire, England | heightft = | heightinch = | batting = Right-handed | bowling = Right-arm fast-medium | role = Bowler | club3 = Somerset | year3 = 1996–1998 | club2 = Middlesex | year2 = 1994–1995 | club1 = Hampshire | year1 = 1989–1993 | columns = 2 | column1 = First-class | matches1 = 102 | runs1 = 564 | bat avg1 = 9.55 | 100s/50s1 = 0/0 | top score1 = 40 | deliveries1 = 13,897 | wickets1 = 249 | bowl avg1 = 36.09 | fivefor1 = 12 | tenfor1 = 2 | best bowling1 = 8/47 | catches/stumpings1 = 21/– | column2 = List A | matches2 = 33 | runs2 = 46 | bat avg2 = 23.00 | 100s/50s2 = 0/0 | top score2 = 38* | deliveries2 = 1,416 | wickets2 = 38 | bowl avg2 = 35.26 | fivefor2 = 0 | tenfor2 = 0 | best bowling2 = 4/31 | catches/stumpings2 = 3/– | date = 21 December | year = 2009 | source = http://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/player/20171.html Cricinfo }}
'''Kevin James Shine''' (born 22 February 1969) is a former first-class cricketer and former coach of Somerset County Cricket Club, and was the fast-bowling coach for the England cricket team from 2006 until 2019. In November 2019 he joined Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club as an Assistant Coach.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.trentbridge.co.uk/news/2019/november/kevin-shine-joins-nottinghamshire-coaching-staff.html|title=NCCC News : Kevin Shine Joins Nottinghamshire Coaching Staff}}</ref>
His first-class career ran from 1989 to 1998, during which he played for Hampshire, Middlesex and Somerset. He took 249 first-class wickets at an average of 36.09, including 55 in the 1997 season. His best innings figures were 8 for 47 for Hampshire against Lancashire in 1992.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/player/20171.html|title=Kevin Shine profile and biography, stats, records, averages, photos and videos}}</ref>
==Coaching career== After retiring as a player due to injury, he served as coach of Somerset from 2001 to 2004. The team won the C&G Trophy in his first year in charge. He subsequently served as the director of the Somerset academy, and was appointed England's fast-bowling coach from March 2006 in succession to Troy Cooley.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2007-05-21 |title=Cricket: First Test: Injury struggles leave England needing help from Harmison |url=http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2007/may/22/cricket.sport1 |access-date=2022-12-09 |website=the Guardian |language=en}}</ref> In 2019 he left the ECB and became assistant head coach at Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.trentbridge.co.uk/cricket/players/2021/kevin-shine.html|title=Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club : Kevin Shine|access-date=17 October 2021|archive-date=3 July 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220703181155/https://www.trentbridge.co.uk/cricket/players/2021/kevin-shine.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}} * [http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/england/content/current/story/237061.html Shine appointed as England bowling coach] from Cricinfo * [https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/cricket/england/4711626.stm Shine gets England coaching role] from BBC News Online
== External links == * {{cricinfo|id=20171}}
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