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Aaron O'Brien
Australia
Player profile
Full name Aaron Warren O'Brien
Born October 2, 1981, St Leonards, Sydney, New South Wales
Current age 27 years 4 days
Major teams Australia Under-19s, New South Wales
Nickname Obi
Batting style Left-hand bat
Bowling style Slow left-arm orthodox
Height
1.82 m
Batting and fielding averages
|
Mat |
Inns |
NO |
Runs |
HS |
Ave |
BF |
SR |
100 |
50 |
4s |
6s |
Ct |
St |
| First-class |
20 |
32 |
1 |
716 |
147 |
23.09 |
1507 |
47.51 |
1 |
3 |
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9 |
0 |
| List A |
27 |
24 |
6 |
641 |
62* |
35.61 |
891 |
71.94 |
0 |
4 |
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8 |
0 |
| Twenty20 |
10 |
9 |
2 |
105 |
38 |
15.00 |
89 |
117.97 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
Bowling averages
|
Mat |
Inns |
Balls |
Runs |
Wkts |
BBI |
BBM |
Ave |
Econ |
SR |
4w |
5w |
10 |
| First-class |
20 |
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1024 |
574 |
7 |
2/44 |
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82.00 |
3.36 |
146.2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| List A |
27 |
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727 |
595 |
12 |
3/55 |
3/55 |
49.58 |
4.91 |
60.5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Twenty20 |
10 |
10 |
195 |
258 |
11 |
2/7 |
2/7 |
23.45 |
7.93 |
17.7 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Career statistics
| First-class debut |
2001/02 |
| Last First-class |
New South Wales v Victoria at Sydney, Jan 16-19, 2007 scorecard |
| List A debut |
2001/02 |
| Last List A |
Victoria v New South Wales at Melbourne, Dec 20, 2006 scorecard |
| Twenty20 debut |
New South Wales v Queensland at Sydney, Jan 8, 2006 scorecard |
| Last Twenty20 |
Victoria v New South Wales at Melbourne, Jan 6, 2008 scorecard |
After a promising 2005-06 that looked like his breakthrough year, Aaron O'Brien went back to being a fringe member of the New South Wales during the following two seasons, before signing with South Australia for 2008-09. His previous summer had consisted of only three Twenty20 outings, which was well down on his five Pura Cup games and five of one-dayers in 2006-07. He was unlucky to be dropped from the limited-overs team after opening that campaign with two half-centuries and he finished with 171 runs at 42.75. His first-class form was weaker and he made 195 runs at 19.5. The previous year he had started to turn potential into results as a middle-order batsman and left-arm orthodox spinner. O'Brien's first game for New South Wales came in 2001-02 and he played matches in four consecutive seasons without securing a consistent berth. He missed only one contest for the Blues in 2005-06 as he scored 468 runs at 36 in the Pura Cup - the outstanding effort was 147 in the win over Western Australia - and another 277 at 39.57 to finish in third place on the state's one-day list. His bowling returns have been modest but he has been dangerous and economical in the Twenty20 format.
Cricinfo staff September 2008
Nov 14, 2006 |
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Aaron O'Brien cuts hard
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Nov 12, 2006 |
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Aaron O'Brien is caught at slip by Marcus Trescothick
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Feb 19, 2006 |
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Aaron O'Brien vents his frustration
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