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Iain O'Brien stats

Data through 11 December 2009Last updated 11 December 2009

Coverage: matches in the Cricsheet data from 10 March 2005 to 11 December 2009. Older matches, and matches against Afghanistan, are not included, so totals can be lower than official career figures.

Between 2005 and 2009, Iain O'Brien appears in 19 Tests, 10 ODIs, 4 T20Is for New Zealand in the Cricsheet data. With the ball, the best return was 60 wickets in Tests at an average of 35.90 and an economy rate of 3.43.

International matches

Tests 19 · ODIs 10 · T20Is 4

International wickets

0 five-wicket hauls

Best bowling

4/35

Test

Teams played for

New Zealand 2005–2009 · 33

BattingBowling

Iain O'Brien batting record by format

Batting by format
Format	M	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Test	19	31	4	210	31	7.78	534	39.3	0	0	8	28	1
ODI	10	2	2	3	3*	–	11	27.3	0	0	0	0	0

Runs per year

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Iain O'Brien: runs per calendar year (all formats in the data)
Year	Runs
2005	10
2007	14
2008	28
2009	161

Year-by-year batting (5 rows)

Batting by calendar year and format
Year	Format	Inns	Runs	Avg	SR	HS
2005	Test	3	10	3.33	35.7	5
2007	Test	4	14	4.67	77.8	14
2008	Test	10	28	2.80	22.6	6
2009	ODI	2	3	–	27.3	3
2009	Test	14	158	14.36	43.4	31

Iain O'Brien bowling record by format

Bowling by format
Format	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Avg	Econ	SR	4w	Mdns
Test	32	3,765	2,154	60	4/35	6/143	35.90	3.43	62.8	3	127
ODI	10	453	488	14	3/68	–	34.86	6.46	32.4	0	3
T20I	4	78	116	6	2/30	–	19.33	8.92	13.0	0	0

Wickets per year

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Iain O'Brien: wickets per calendar year (all formats in the data)
Year	Wickets
2005	2
2007	3
2008	26
2009	49

Year-by-year bowling (7 rows)

Bowling by calendar year and format
Year	Format	Inns	Wkts	Avg	Econ	Best
2005	Test	3	2	98.50	4.58	1/73
2007	Test	3	3	64.00	3.52	2/78
2008	ODI	1	1	59.00	9.83	1/59
2008	Test	11	25	21.80	2.81	4/74
2009	ODI	9	13	33.00	6.17	3/68
2009	T20I	4	6	19.33	8.92	2/30
2009	Test	15	30	40.67	3.63	4/35

Iain O'Brien against each team

vs Australia vs India vs Pakistan

Batting against each opponent (3+ innings)
Opponent	Format	Inns	Runs	Avg	SR	HS
Pakistan	Test	5	67	16.75	56.3	31
India	Test	5	61	20.33	50.8	19
Sri Lanka	Test	4	30	7.50	24.0	12
England	Test	4	15	3.75	44.1	6
Australia	Test	7	14	2.00	17.1	5
South Africa	Test	4	14	4.67	77.8	14

Bowling against each opponent (3+ innings)
Opponent	Format	Inns	Wkts	Avg	Econ	Best
Pakistan	Test	6	15	29.87	3.12	4/35
Bangladesh	Test	5	10	14.70	2.40	3/31
India	Test	5	9	50.22	3.59	3/103
Australia	Test	6	9	45.56	3.73	3/111
England	Test	3	8	23.12	2.80	4/74
Sri Lanka	Test	4	6	53.33	4.82	2/73
South Africa	Test	3	3	64.00	3.52	2/78
Australia	ODI	5	10	25.30	5.62	3/68
India	ODI	4	3	58.67	7.18	2/43

Top grounds (batting)

Most runs by ground
Ground	Inns	Runs	Avg	HS
Basin Reserve	6	78	15.60	31
McLean Park	3	23	23.00	19
Seddon Park	2	22	11.00	14
University Oval, Dunedin	3	22	11.00	13
Sinhalese Sports Club Ground	2	16	8.00	12
The Wanderers Stadium	2	14	14.00	14
Galle International Stadium	2	14	7.00	9
Old Trafford	2	11	5.50	6
Lancaster Park	2	5	2.50	5
Trent Bridge	2	4	2.00	4

Top grounds (bowling)

Most wickets by ground
Ground	Inns	Wkts	Avg	Econ
Basin Reserve	7	16	30.44	3.44
McLean Park	6	9	46.00	3.60
Sydney Cricket Ground	2	5	20.40	7.29
The Gabba	3	5	28.40	3.46
Adelaide Oval	2	5	33.00	4.02
University Oval, Dunedin	4	5	44.00	3.33
Trent Bridge	1	4	18.50	3.22
Old Trafford	2	4	27.75	2.58
Shere Bangla National Stadium	1	3	10.33	2.35
Wellington Regional Stadium	2	3	24.67	7.40

Batting and bowling by phase (limited overs)

T20 phases: overs 1–6, 7–15, 16–20. ODI phases: overs 1–10, 11–40, 41–50.
Format	Phase	Runs	Balls	SR	Outs	Bowl balls	Wkts	Econ
T20	Powerplay	–	–	–	–	48	4	9.25
T20	Middle	–	–	–	–	18	1	6.33
T20	Death	–	–	–	–	12	1	11.50
ODI	Powerplay	–	–	–	–	126	2	6.71
ODI	Middle	3	8	37.5	0	249	6	5.86
ODI	Death	0	3	0.0	0	78	6	8.00

How Iain O'Brien was dismissed

Caught17 (63%)
Bowled4 (15%)
Lbw4 (15%)
Stumped2 (7%)

How Iain O'Brien took wickets

Caught65
Bowled10
Lbw4
Caught and bowled1

Last 20 innings

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Iain O'Brien: runs in the last 20 innings
Innings	Runs
20 Nov 2008	1
20 Nov 2008	3
28 Nov 2008	0
28 Nov 2008	0
8 Feb 2009	0
3 Mar 2009	3
18 Mar 2009	8
18 Mar 2009	14
26 Mar 2009	1
3 Apr 2009	19
3 Apr 2009	19
18 Aug 2009	9
18 Aug 2009	5
26 Aug 2009	4
26 Aug 2009	12
24 Nov 2009	13
24 Nov 2009	4
3 Dec 2009	0
3 Dec 2009	31
11 Dec 2009	19

Most recent batting innings in the data
Date	Format	Against	Score	Balls	How out	Ground
11 Dec 2009	Test	Pakistan	19	41	stumped	McLean Park
3 Dec 2009	Test	Pakistan	31	45	caught	Basin Reserve
3 Dec 2009	Test	Pakistan	0	3	caught	Basin Reserve
24 Nov 2009	Test	Pakistan	4	13	lbw	University Oval, Dunedin
24 Nov 2009	Test	Pakistan	13*	17	not out	University Oval, Dunedin
26 Aug 2009	Test	Sri Lanka	12	75	caught	Sinhalese Sports Club Ground
26 Aug 2009	Test	Sri Lanka	4	13	lbw	Sinhalese Sports Club Ground
18 Aug 2009	Test	Sri Lanka	5	8	caught	Galle International Stadium
18 Aug 2009	Test	Sri Lanka	9	29	caught	Galle International Stadium
3 Apr 2009	Test	India	19*	17	not out	Basin Reserve
3 Apr 2009	Test	India	19	38	caught	Basin Reserve
26 Mar 2009	Test	India	1*	1	not out	McLean Park
18 Mar 2009	Test	India	14	45	caught	Seddon Park
18 Mar 2009	Test	India	8	19	stumped	Seddon Park
3 Mar 2009	ODI	India	3*	8	not out	McLean Park
8 Feb 2009	ODI	Australia	0*	3	not out	Sydney Cricket Ground
28 Nov 2008	Test	Australia	0	38	lbw	Adelaide Oval
28 Nov 2008	Test	Australia	0	6	caught	Adelaide Oval
20 Nov 2008	Test	Australia	3	7	caught	The Gabba
20 Nov 2008	Test	Australia	1	3	caught	The Gabba

Last 20 bowling innings

Most recent bowling innings in the data
Date	Format	Against	Figures	Overs	Mdns	Ground
11 Dec 2009	Test	Pakistan	2/108	40.1	6	McLean Park
11 Dec 2009	Test	Pakistan	4/35	15	5	McLean Park
3 Dec 2009	Test	Pakistan	4/66	21.3	4	Basin Reserve
3 Dec 2009	Test	Pakistan	2/78	23	4	Basin Reserve
24 Nov 2009	Test	Pakistan	3/63	23	3	University Oval, Dunedin
24 Nov 2009	Test	Pakistan	0/98	21	3	University Oval, Dunedin
26 Aug 2009	Test	Sri Lanka	1/77	15.2	1	Sinhalese Sports Club Ground
26 Aug 2009	Test	Sri Lanka	2/73	22	4	Sinhalese Sports Club Ground
18 Aug 2009	Test	Sri Lanka	1/45	8	1	Galle International Stadium
18 Aug 2009	Test	Sri Lanka	2/125	21	1	Galle International Stadium
6 Jun 2009	T20I	Scotland	0/16	1	0	Kennington Oval
3 Apr 2009	Test	India	2/100	25	6	Basin Reserve
3 Apr 2009	Test	India	2/89	22	3	Basin Reserve
26 Mar 2009	Test	India	0/94	32	9	McLean Park
26 Mar 2009	Test	India	2/66	13.5	4	McLean Park
18 Mar 2009	Test	India	3/103	33	7	Seddon Park
14 Mar 2009	ODI	India	2/43	7.3	0	Eden Park
11 Mar 2009	ODI	India	0/37	3	0	Seddon Park
6 Mar 2009	ODI	India	1/44	6	0	Wellington Regional Stadium
3 Mar 2009	ODI	India	0/52	8	1	McLean Park

Frequently asked questions

How many wickets has Iain O'Brien taken in Tests?

60 wickets in 32 innings at an average of 35.90, economy 3.43, best figures 4/35.

How many wickets has Iain O'Brien taken in ODIs?

14 wickets in 10 innings at an average of 34.86, economy 6.46, best figures 3/68.

How many runs has Iain O'Brien scored in Tests?

210 runs in 31 innings (19 matches) at an average of 7.78 and a strike rate of 39.3, in the data from 2005 to 2009.

How many runs has Iain O'Brien scored in ODIs?

3 runs in 2 innings (10 matches) at an average of – and a strike rate of 27.3, in the data from 2008 to 2009.

What is Iain O'Brien's highest score?

31 in Tests, the highest score in the data.

Source: computed by CricketWise from Cricsheet ball-by-ball data (ODC-BY). Career totals cover only matches in the Cricsheet data. Definitions: methodology.