Iain O'Brien

  • Full Name Iain Edward O'Brien
  • Born 10 July 1976, Lower Hutt
  • Province Wellington
  • Style Pace bowler
    Right-hand bat
    Right-arm medium-fast
Iain Edward O'Brien

Club: Petone-Riverside

State Wellington Firebirds debut: v State Otago Volts 2000/01 (State Championship)
Best bowl: 8 for 55 v State Auckland Aces 2006/07 (State Championship)

Iain O’Brien capped off a memorable 2008/09 season when he won both the Best Bowler and Overall Cricketer of the Year accolades at Cricket Wellington’s end of season awards in April.

This recognition was the culmination of an outstanding season for O’Brien, taking 59 international wickets including 40 in 11 Tests against England, Bangladesh, Australia, the West Indies and India and a best innings bowling return of 6 for 75 against the West Indies in Napier in December 2008.

At the end of the 2008/09 New Zealand season, O’Brien had played in 70 first class matches including 17 Tests and was sitting on 249 wickets at an average of 25.22.

O’Brien made his first class debut for the Firebirds in 2000/01, but it was a terrific 2006/07 season that catapulted him to his current success, capturing 34 State Championship wickets including a memorable 13 for 117 in a first class match against Auckland at the Allied Nationwide Finance Basin Reserve.

O’Brien signed an English County contract with Leicestershire for the 2009 New Zealand winter.

O’Brien also writes a popular blog on Blogspot.

MVP Summary

Overall Summary Pts Rank
Batting 6.72 1498
Bowling 74.61 268
Fielding 1.00 1729
Captain 0.00 745
Wins 1.00 1718
Played 3.00 1933
Points 86.33 653
Average 28.78 19
Overall Summary Pts Rank
Batting 6.72 1499
Bowling 74.61 269
Fielding 1.00 1728
Captain 0.00 746
Wins 1.00 1719
Played 3.00 1932
Points 86.33 654
Average 28.78 18
BLACKCAPS host Pakistan Summary Pts Rank
Batting 6.72 16
Bowling 74.61 2
Fielding 1.00 16
Captain 0.00 3
Wins 1.00 4
Played 3.00 3
Points 86.33 4
Average 28.78 5
BLACKCAPS host Pakistan Summary Pts Rank
Batting 6.72 15
Bowling 74.61 1
Fielding 1.00 15
Captain 0.00 4
Wins 1.00 3
Played 3.00 4
Points 86.33 3
Average 28.78 6
Overall Summary Pts Rank
Batting 5.53 1592
Bowling 49.02 452
Fielding 1.00 1753
Captain 0.00 930
Wins 4.00 792
Played 10.00 685
Points 69.54 852
Average 6.95 1276
State Shield 2008/09 Summary Pts Rank
Batting 5.53 60
Bowling 49.47 18
Fielding 1.00 63
Captain 0.00 35
Wins 3.00 47
Played 9.00 40
Points 67.99 33
Average 7.55 39
Overall Summary Pts Rank
Batting 1.11 2122
Bowling 49.07 451
Fielding 0.00 2132
Captain 0.00 1160
Wins 0.00 2211
Played 2.00 2147
Points 52.17 1114
Average 26.09 26
Overall Summary Pts Rank
Batting 0.10 2399
Bowling 38.52 594
Fielding 0.00 2165
Captain 0.00 1384
Wins 0.00 2237
Played 1.00 2369
Points 39.62 1357
Average 39.62 8
Plunket Shield Summary Pts Rank
Batting 0.10 237
Bowling 38.52 81
Fielding 0.00 214
Captain 0.00 173
Wins 0.00 204
Played 1.00 216
Points 39.62 173
Average 39.62 4
Plunket Shield Summary Pts Rank
Batting 0.10 238
Bowling 38.52 82
Fielding 0.00 213
Captain 0.00 174
Wins 0.00 203
Played 1.00 215
Points 39.62 174
Average 39.62 3
Men's 1-Day Summary Pts Rank
Batting 1.01 167
Bowling 10.55 96
Fielding 0.00 195
Captain 0.00 184
Wins 0.00 199
Played 1.00 200
Points 12.56 183
Average 12.56 25
Men's 1-Day Summary Pts Rank
Batting 1.01 169
Bowling 10.55 95
Fielding 0.00 196
Captain 0.00 183
Wins 0.00 200
Played 1.00 199
Points 12.56 184
Average 12.56 26
Overall Summary Pts Rank
Batting 1.01 2142
Bowling 10.55 1160
Fielding 0.00 2336
Captain 0.00 2105
Wins 0.00 2382
Played 1.00 2416
Points 12.56 2103
Average 12.56 382
State Twenty20 2008/09 Summary Pts Rank
Batting 0.00 82
Bowling -0.45 87
Fielding 0.00 91
Captain 0.00 91
Wins 1.00 68
Played 1.00 91
Points 1.55 91
Average 1.55 88

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