Profile
At a time when New Zealand cricket was plagued with injury concerns, Wellington speedster Iain O’Brien made his entry into the national team after being called up to the Test team in 2005 against Australia.
O’Brien had an impressive State Championship that season, taking 20 wickets at a decent average of 26.55. However, he failed to make any impact in his debut series and was hence sidelined for quite a while. Later, in the 2006-07 season, he emerged as the leading wicket-taker with 34 wickets in the State Championship, still not being able to strike at the international level. He finally rose to prominence in South Africa in late 2007, when he replaced an injured Kyle Mills.
In 2009, O’Brien announced unexpected retirement from international cricket to spend more time with his wife, moved to England and joined Middlesex in 2010. However, he announced his comeback to the domestic season in 2011-12, before finally calling it quits.
Statistics
Show:
| |
Matches |
Innings |
Runs |
NO |
Avg. |
SR |
100's |
50's |
HS |
| Test |
22 |
34 |
219 |
5 |
7.55 |
38.48 |
0 |
0 |
31 |
| ODI |
10 |
2 |
3 |
2 |
- |
27.27 |
0 |
0 |
3* |
| |
Matches |
Innings |
Balls |
Runs |
Wickets |
BBI |
BBM |
Avg. |
Econ. |
4w |
5w |
10w |
Extras |
| Test |
22 |
37 |
4394 |
2429 |
73 |
6/75 |
/ |
33.27 |
3.31 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
35 |
| ODI |
10 |
10 |
453 |
488 |
14 |
3/68 |
/ |
34.85 |
6.46 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
9 |
| T20 |
4 |
4 |
78 |
116 |
6 |
2/30 |
/ |
19.33 |
8.92 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| |
Catches |
Stumpings |
Runouts |
| Test |
7 |
0 |
1 |
| ODI |
1 |
0 |
0 |
Career
Span:
- Test:
- 2005-2009
- ODI:
- 2008-2009
- T20:
- 2009-2009
- Test
-
- Debut:
- New Zealand Vs Australia at Jade Stadium (Lancaster Park), Christchurch - Mar 10, 2005
- Last played:
- New Zealand Vs Pakistan at McLean Park, Napier - Dec 11, 2009
- ODI
-
- Debut:
- New Zealand Vs England at McLean Park, Napier - Feb 20, 2008
- Last played:
- New Zealand Vs India at Eden Park, Auckland - Mar 14, 2009
- T20
-
- Debut:
- New Zealand Vs Australia at Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG), Sydney - Feb 15, 2009
- Last played:
- New Zealand Vs Scotland at The Oval, London - Jun 06, 2009
