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Iain O'Brien
International career statistics, records and scorecard analysis
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36Internationals
—Career runs
—Centuries
93Wickets
Career records by format
Test
Official international careerBatting
- Matches
- 22
- Innings
- 34
- Runs
- 219
- Average
- 7.55
- Strike rate
- 38.48
- Highest score
- 31
- Not outs
- 5
- 100s
- 0
- 50s
- 0
- Ducks
- 8
- 4s
- 29
- 6s
- 1
- Balls faced
- 569
Bowling
- Matches
- 22
- Innings
- 37
- Balls
- 4,394
- Maidens
- 158
- Runs conceded
- 2,429
- Wickets
- 73
- Average
- 33.27
- Economy
- 3.31
- Strike rate
- 60.19
- Best innings
- 6/75
- Best match
- 7/165
- 4 wickets
- 3
- 5 wickets
- 1
- 10 wickets
- 0
Fielding
- Matches
- 22
- Innings
- 38
- Catches
- 7
- Stumpings
- 0
- Dismissals
- 7
- Keeper catches
- 0
- Fielder catches
- 7
- Dismissals / inns
- 0.184
- Best innings
- 2 (2ct 0st)
ODI
Official international careerBatting
- Matches
- 10
- Innings
- 2
- Runs
- 3
- Average
- N/A
- Strike rate
- 27.27
- Highest score
- 3*
- Not outs
- 2
- 100s
- 0
- 50s
- 0
- Ducks
- 0
- 4s
- 0
- 6s
- 0
- Balls faced
- 11
Bowling
- Matches
- 10
- Innings
- 10
- Balls
- 453
- Maidens
- 3
- Runs conceded
- 488
- Wickets
- 14
- Average
- 34.85
- Economy
- 6.46
- Strike rate
- 32.35
- Best innings
- 3/68
- Best match
- 3/68
- 4 wickets
- 0
- 5 wickets
- 0
- 10 wickets
- —
Fielding
- Matches
- 10
- Innings
- 10
- Catches
- 1
- Stumpings
- 0
- Dismissals
- 1
- Keeper catches
- 0
- Fielder catches
- 1
- Dismissals / inns
- 0.100
- Best innings
- 1 (1ct 0st)
T20I
Official international careerBatting
- Matches
- 4
- Innings
- —
- Runs
- —
- Average
- N/A
- Strike rate
- N/A
- Highest score
- -
- Not outs
- —
- 100s
- —
- 50s
- —
- Ducks
- —
- 4s
- —
- 6s
- —
- Balls faced
- —
Bowling
- Matches
- 4
- Innings
- 4
- Balls
- 78
- Maidens
- 0
- Runs conceded
- 116
- Wickets
- 6
- Average
- 19.33
- Economy
- 8.92
- Strike rate
- 13.00
- Best innings
- 2/30
- Best match
- 2/30
- 4 wickets
- 0
- 5 wickets
- 0
- 10 wickets
- —
Fielding
- Matches
- 4
- Innings
- 4
- Catches
- 0
- Stumpings
- 0
- Dismissals
- 0
- Keeper catches
- 0
- Fielder catches
- 0
- Dismissals / inns
- 0.000
- Best innings
- 0
Career records checked: 2026-09-07. — means not recorded; N/A means the statistic does not apply. Career totals are independent of the scorecard archive.
Explore this player’s available match data
35 match appearances in available scorecards. Filters below apply to this archive only.
Recent available appearances
| Date | Match | Format | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009-12-11 | New Zealand v Pakistan | Test | Match drawn |
| 2009-12-03 | New Zealand v Pakistan | Test | Pakistan won by 141 runs |
| 2009-11-24 | New Zealand v Pakistan | Test | New Zealand won by 32 runs |
| 2009-08-26 | Sri Lanka v New Zealand | Test | Sri Lanka won by 96 runs |
| 2009-08-18 | Sri Lanka v New Zealand | Test | Sri Lanka won by 202 runs |
| 2009-04-03 | New Zealand v India | Test | Match drawn |
| 2009-03-26 | New Zealand v India | Test | Match drawn |
| 2009-03-18 | New Zealand v India | Test | India won by 10 wickets |
| 2009-03-14 | New Zealand v India | ODI | New Zealand won by 8 wickets |
| 2009-03-11 | New Zealand v India | ODI | India won by 84 runs |
| 2009-03-06 | New Zealand v India | ODI | No result |
| 2009-03-03 | New Zealand v India | ODI | India won by 53 runs |
THE SHAPE OF A CAREER
Available scorecardsPerformance by year
Formats are shown separately. These totals cover published scorecards against the twelve national teams; they can differ from complete official career records.
Test
Exact yearly figures · 4 seasons
| Year | Mat | Bat inns | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 100s | 50s | 4s | 6s | BF | Bowl inns | Wkts | Bowl avg | Econ | Bowl SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 8 | 14 | 158 | 31 | 14.36 | 43.40 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 364 | 15 | 30 | 40.66 | 3.63 | 67.16 |
| 2008 | 10 | 13 | 37 | 6 | 3.08 | 23.27 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 159 | 16 | 38 | 21.57 | 2.74 | 47.23 |
| 2007 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 4.66 | 77.77 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 64.00 | 3.52 | 109.00 |
| 2005 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 3.33 | 35.71 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 3 | 2 | 98.50 | 4.58 | 129.00 |
ODI
Exact yearly figures · 2 seasons
| Year | Mat | Bat inns | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 100s | 50s | 4s | 6s | BF | Bowl inns | Wkts | Bowl avg | Econ | Bowl SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 3 | N/A | 27.27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 9 | 13 | 33.00 | 6.17 | 32.07 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | N/A | N/A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 59.00 | 9.83 | 36.00 |
T20I
Exact yearly figures · 1 seasons
| Year | Mat | Bat inns | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 100s | 50s | 4s | 6s | BF | Bowl inns | Wkts | Bowl avg | Econ | Bowl SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | N/A | N/A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 16.66 | 8.33 | 12.00 |
Career timeline
Milestones found in available scorecards. The first recorded appearance here is not necessarily the international debut.
- First available scorecard
Test v Australia · AMI Stadium
- Best recorded bowling · 6/75
Test v West Indies · Napier
- Highest recorded innings · 31 runs
Test v Pakistan · Basin Reserve
- Latest available scorecard
Test v Pakistan · McLean Park