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Daniel Vettori (c)
Brendon McCullum
Daniel Flynn
Peter Fulton
Gareth Hopkins (wk)
Jamie How
James Marshall
Chris Martin
Michael Mason
Kyle Mills
Iain O'Brien
Jacob Oram
Jeetan Patel
Aaron Redmond
Tim Southee
Ross Taylor
Grant Elliott
Mark Gillespie

Iain O'Brien

New Zealand

Player profile

Full name Iain Edward O'Brien
Born July 10, 1976, Lower Hutt, Wellington
Current age 31 years 312 days
Major teams New Zealand, Wellington
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm fast-medium

Batting and fielding averages
Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave BF SR 100 50 4s 6s Ct St
Tests 6 9 1 33 14* 4.12 82 40.24 0 0 4 1 1 0
ODIs 1 - - - - - - - - - - - 0 0
First-class 57 65 20 386 44 8.57 0 0 8 0
List A 32 10 8 20 11* 10.00 0 0 5 0
Twenty20 9 2 1 1 1* 1.00 2 50.00 0 0 0 0 0 0

Bowling averages
Mat Inns Balls Runs Wkts BBI BBM Ave Econ SR 4w 5w 10
Tests 6 10 873 505 12 3/34 5/57 42.08 3.47 72.7 0 0 0
ODIs 1 1 36 59 1 1/59 1/59 59.00 9.83 36.0 0 0 0
First-class 57 10243 4929 201 8/55 24.52 2.88 50.9 9 1
List A 32 1535 1230 39 5/35 5/35 31.53 4.80 39.3 1 2 0
Twenty20 9 8 162 212 10 3/21 3/21 21.20 7.85 16.2 0 0 0

Career statistics
Test debut New Zealand v Australia at Christchurch, Mar 10-13, 2005 scorecard
Last Test New Zealand v Bangladesh at Wellington, Jan 12-14, 2008 scorecard
Test statistics
Only ODI New Zealand v England at Napier, Feb 20, 2008 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class debut 2000/01
Last First-class England Lions v New Zealanders at Southampton, May 8-11, 2008 scorecard
List A debut 2003/04
Last List A New Zealand v England at Napier, Feb 20, 2008 scorecard
Twenty20 debut Northern Districts v Wellington at Invercargill, Nov 11, 2006 scorecard
Last Twenty20 Auckland v Wellington at Auckland, Jan 28, 2008 scorecard
 Profile

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.
Cricinfo staff November 2007



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May 8, 2008

Iain O'Brien flies up to the crease
Iain O'Brien flies up to the crease
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Apr 28, 2008

Iain O'Brien lets out a fruitless appeal
Iain O'Brien lets out a fruitless appeal
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Apr 7, 2008

Iain O'Brien celebrates one of his wickets
Iain O'Brien celebrates one of his wickets
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