Tensile diagonal cracking in Reinforced Concrete (RC) beams due to the shear can be brittle and leads to sudden failure. Hence, it is essential to enhance the shear capacity of RC beams so that the failure mode can be converted to ductile flexure. In this work, a novel Engineered Cementitious Composites (ECC) beams prepared using different types of locally available plant fibres are evaluated for understanding their shear behaviour. In total, eight reinforced beams were cast with four different natural fibre types such as flax, hemp, kenaf and pineapple for improving the ductility characteristics. In addition, fibre reinforced polymer (FRP) rebars are used as longitudinal reinforcement to tackle the corrosion issues occurring in the case of conventional steel reinforcement. All the beams were tested in a three-point bending configuration with the shear span (av) to effective depth (d) ratio of 3.2. Results revealed that the addition of natural fibers helped in improving the post-cracking behaviour and ductility of FRP reinforced ECC beams. Moreover, the use of natural fibres in the shear span eliminated the need for transverse shear reinforcement and showed a ductile failure mode. In specific, flax fibres showed greater enhancement in load carrying capacity and energy absorption values when compared to the other natural fibre reinforced ECC beams.