New Zealand / Players
Iain O'Brien
Full name Iain Edward O'Brien
Born July 10, 1976, Lower Hutt, Wellington
Current age 33 years 0 days
Major teams New Zealand, Leicestershire, Wellington
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm fast-medium
| Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s | Ct | St | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tests | 17 | 25 | 4 | 122 | 19* | 5.80 | 325 | 37.53 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| ODIs | 10 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3* | - | 11 | 27.27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| T20Is | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| First-class | 73 | 89 | 24 | 552 | 44 | 8.49 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||||
| List A | 54 | 19 | 15 | 86 | 19* | 21.50 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||||
| Twenty20 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3* | 5.00 | 8 | 62.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w | 10 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tests | 17 | 27 | 3135 | 1661 | 52 | 6/75 | 7/165 | 31.94 | 3.17 | 60.2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| ODIs | 10 | 10 | 453 | 488 | 14 | 3/68 | 3/68 | 34.85 | 6.46 | 32.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| T20Is | 4 | 4 | 78 | 116 | 6 | 2/30 | 2/30 | 19.33 | 8.92 | 13.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| First-class | 73 | 13414 | 6563 | 258 | 8/55 | 25.43 | 2.93 | 51.9 | 11 | 1 | |||
| List A | 54 | 2640 | 2200 | 68 | 5/35 | 5/35 | 32.35 | 5.00 | 38.8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| Twenty20 | 17 | 16 | 318 | 411 | 21 | 5/23 | 5/23 | 19.57 | 7.75 | 15.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Test debut | New Zealand v Australia at Christchurch, Mar 10-13, 2005 scorecard |
| Last Test | New Zealand v India at Wellington, Apr 3-7, 2009 scorecard |
| Test statistics | |
| ODI debut | New Zealand v England at Napier, Feb 20, 2008 scorecard |
| Last ODI | New Zealand v India at Auckland, Mar 14, 2009 scorecard |
| ODI statistics | |
| T20I debut | Australia v New Zealand at Sydney, Feb 15, 2009 scorecard |
| Last T20I | New Zealand v Scotland at The Oval, Jun 6, 2009 scorecard |
| T20I statistics | |
| First-class debut | 2000/01 |
| Last First-class | Derbyshire v Leicestershire at Derby, Jun 30-Jul 3, 2009 scorecard |
| List A debut | 2003/04 |
| Last List A | Leicestershire v Nottinghamshire at Leicester, May 19, 2009 scorecard |
| Twenty20 debut | Canterbury v Wellington at Christchurch, Jan 14, 2007 scorecard |
| Last Twenty20 | Leicestershire v Durham at Leicester, Jun 28, 2009 scorecard |
A fast bowler from Wellington, Iain O'Brien earned his first Test call-up in March 2005 when New Zealand's pace stocks were hit by injury problems. He had had a solid State Championship that season, taking 20 wickets at 26.55, but his impact in his two Tests against Australia was limited. O'Brien managed only one wicket in each match and faded from the national selectors' radar until 2006-07, when he was included in Test and ODI squads for Sri Lanka's tour of New Zealand. He wasn't used, however, and had to settle for being the leading wicket-taker in the State Championship with 34 victims at 20.85. Those figures were enough to keep him in the frame and he finally added to his Test tally in South Africa in November 2007 after he was a late replacement in the touring party because of an injury to Kyle Mills.
O'Brien shunts between New Zealand and England to be with his English wife, who lives in Derbyshire. Writing is one of his hobbies and apart from managing his own blog, he contributes to a local Derbyshire cricket website.
Cricinfo staff December 2008
- Vaughan fails as Brown scorches Yorkshire (Jun 22, 2009)
- Wellington boys exploit the conditions (Apr 3, 2009)
- Injured O'Brien and Flynn retained for second Test (Mar 23, 2009)
- The drama around Ryder's maiden century (Mar 18, 2009)
- O'Brien signs for Leicestershire (Mar 17, 2009)
Apr 7, 2009
Daniel Vettori and Iain O'Brien walk off after rain stopped play
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Apr 5, 2009
Iain O'Brien pats Gautam Gambhir on the back for his innings of 167
© Associated Press
Apr 5, 2009
Iain O'Brien is delighted after bowling VVS Laxman
© Associated Press
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