Full Name

Iain Edward O'Brien

Born

July 10, 1976, Lower Hutt, Wellington

Age

47y 253d

Batting Style

Right hand Bat

Bowling Style

Right arm Fast medium

Playing Role

Bowler

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. In December 2009, he retired from international cricket to spend more time with his family in England, and joined Middlesex as a replacement for Murali Karthik.
Cricinfo staff April 2010

Iain O'Brien Career Stats

Bowling

FormatMatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
Tests223743942429736/757/16533.273.3160.1310
ODIs1010453488143/683/6834.856.4632.3000
T20Is447811662/302/3019.338.9213.0000
FC91-1684583933228/55-26.062.9852.3-141
List A58-28182332755/355/3531.094.9637.5220
T20s1817332438215/235/2320.857.9115.8010

Batting & Fielding

FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAveBFSR100s50s4s6sCtSt
Tests22345219317.5556938.480029170
ODIs102233*-1127.27000010
T20Is4-----------00
FC9111427756448.68--00--170
List A5821179919*24.75--00--90
T20s185463*6.001060.00000030
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Recent Matches of Iain O'Brien

MatchBatBowlDateGroundFormat
Middlesex vs Sussex14*2/104 & 0/821-Jul-2010UxbridgeFC
Middx 2nd XI vs Kent 2nd XI--3/18 & 0/814-Jul-2010CanterburyOTHER
Middlesex vs Gloucs1*0/2711-Jul-2010UxbridgeT20
Middlesex vs Leics--1/5129-May-2010LeicesterFC
Middlesex vs Derbyshire03/47 & 1/2510-May-2010Lord'sFC

Photos of Iain O'Brien

Iain O'Brien celebrates after castling Kadeer Ali
Iain O'Brien is cleaned up by Richard Jones
Iain O'Brien celebrates his last Test wicket
Iain O'Brien and Chris Martin
Iain O'Brien takes a breather after taking a wicket
Iain O'Brien's late wicket offered New Zealand an opportunity to push for victory