Background
Shaw was born in Nuneaton, Warwickshire on 30 December 1981.
Shaw was born in Nuneaton, Warwickshire on 30 December 1981.
She played for England from 1999 until 2010, making 97 international appearances. She retired from international cricket in 2010, ahead of a move to Australia, where she currently plays in the National Cricket League for the Western Fury. She gained a degree in Criminology and Social Policy at Loughborough University.
Her international debut came the following summer, in the 1999 Women"s European Championship.
Domestically, she played for Nottinghamshire from 2000 until 2007, and moved to Surrey in 2008, where she assumed the county captaincy. She scored her highest total in county crickey for Surrey, striking 118 runs off 133 balls against Berkshire in 2009.
Her best bowling performance occurred during her time with Nottinghamshire, facing Surrey. From ten overs, Shaw claimed four wickets and conceded just 17 runs: one of only three four-wicket hauls in her career.
She played regularly for England from 2000 until 2010.
She was named as England vice-captain in 2007. A year later, she was one of eight players to be awarded the first women"s contracts from the England and Wales Cricket Board. She only appeared in half of the matches during the 2009 Women"s, and had been omitted from the final until an injury to Jenny Gunn during the warm-up.
Named to the team just minutes before the contest, she went on to collect a career-best four wickets for 34 runs, and scored 17 not out, earning herself the player of the match accolade.
In addition to captaining Surrey, Shaw was selected to captain the "Diamonds" team during the 2007 Super Fours competition, and the "Emeralds" in the subsequent 2008 tournament, designed to bring together the "top 48 players in England" in four teams. She also captained England on five occasions, deputising for Charlotte Edwards.
She retired from international cricket in July 2010 to give her time to prepare for a move to Australia. She took 46 wickets in Women"s One Day International cricket at an average of 29.41, and 19 wickets in Women"s Twenty20 Internationals at 22.78.
She never passed 50 runs in an international match: her highest total in any international was 35, scored against New Zealand in 2000.
She currently plays for the Western Fury in the National Cricket League, for whom she made her debut in October 2011.