New Zealand / Players
Full name Iain Edward O'Brien
Born July 10, 1976, Lower Hutt, Wellington
Current age 33 years 138 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 | 19 | 29 | 4 | 152 | 19* | 6.08 | 450 | 33.77 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| ODIs | 10 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3* | - | 11 | 27.27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| T20Is | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| First-class | 81 | 100 | 25 | 650 | 44 | 8.66 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | ||||
| List A | 57 | 20 | 16 | 89 | 19* | 22.25 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 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 | 19 | 31 | 3533 | 1981 | 58 | 6/75 | 7/165 | 34.15 | 3.36 | 60.9 | 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 | 81 | 14753 | 7317 | 284 | 8/55 | 25.76 | 2.97 | 51.9 | 13 | 1 | |||
| List A | 57 | 2742 | 2270 | 69 | 5/35 | 5/35 | 32.89 | 4.96 | 39.7 | 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 | Sri Lanka v New Zealand at Colombo (SSC), Aug 26-30, 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 | Wellington v Canterbury at Wellington, Nov 10-13, 2009 scorecard |
| List A debut | 2003/04 |
| Last List A | Derbyshire v Leicestershire at Derby, Sep 11, 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
- O'Brien cleared to replace Tuffey (Sep 30, 2009)
- Vettori lauds last-ditch effort (Aug 30, 2009)
- Leicestershire's O'Brien penalised (Jul 28, 2009)
- Moore ton sets Lancashire tricky total (Jul 11, 2009)
- Vaughan fails as Brown scorches Yorkshire (Jun 22, 2009)
Aug 30, 2009
Sri Lankan fielders appeal for Iain O'Brien's wicket
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Aug 26, 2009
Iain O'Brien completes a return catch to dismiss Tillakaratne Dilshan
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Aug 26, 2009
Iain O'Brien in his delivery stride
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