Mike Shrimpton
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Michael John Froud Shrimpton (born 23 June 1940, Feilding, Manawatu) is a former cricket
Cricket
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er who played for New Zealand
New Zealand cricket team
The New Zealand cricket team, nicknamed the Black Caps, are the national cricket team representing New Zealand. They played their first in 1930 against England in Christchurch, New Zealand, becoming the fifth country to play Test cricket. It took the team until 1955–56 to win a Test, against the...

, Central Districts Stags
Central Districts Stags
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 and Northern Districts Knights
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He played 10 Tests for NZ, from 1963 to 1974, but did not score a fifty and only took five wickets in his ten games. He has also coached the New Zealand women's cricket team
New Zealand women's cricket team
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to victory in the Women's World Cup. He is currently the coach for the Sydenham Cricket club (Christchurch) Senior side.
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