Full name Kevin Joseph O’Brien
Born March 4, 1984, Dublin, Ireland
Current age 24 years 138 days
Major teams Ireland,Ireland Under-19s,Marylebone Cricket Club Young Cricketers,Middlesex 2nd XI
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium-fast
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
ODIs
23
23
1
632
142
28.72
826
76.51
1
2
50
14
10
0
First-class
6
6
0
211
79
35.16
400
52.75
0
2
31
3
6
0
List A
41
41
3
971
142
25.55
1342
72.35
1
3
73
22
17
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
ODIs
23
19
582
524
12
2/38
2/38
43.66
5.40
48.5
0
0
0
First-class
6
8
382
173
8
4/38
4/38
21.62
2.71
47.7
1
0
0
List A
41
36
1259
1098
26
4/31
4/31
42.23
5.23
48.4
1
0
0
Career statistics
ODI debut
Ireland v England at Belfast, Jun 13, 2006 scorecard
Last ODI
Bangladesh v Ireland at Dhaka (SBNS), Mar 22, 2008 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class debut
United Arab Emirates v Ireland at Abu Dhabi, Feb 10-12, 2007 scorecard
Last First-class
Netherlands v Ireland at Rotterdam, Jul 9-12, 2008 scorecard
List A debut
United Arab Emirates v Ireland A at Abu Dhabi, Apr 22, 2006 scorecard
Last List A
Ireland v Northamptonshire at Dublin, May 28, 2008 scorecard
Profile
Younger brother of Niall, the Ireland wicketkeeper, Kevin is a stockily built medium-pacer and a classy middle-order batsman. He represented Ireland at the 2004 Under-19 World Cup in which he racked up 241 runs and also struck 35 from 48 balls against England on his ODI debut. Like many of Ireland's batsmen, he had a productive time in Kenya during the 2007 World Cricket League when he was the second-top-scorer with 263 runs at an average of 52.80, including a delightful 142 from 125 balls against the hosts. He was consistent with the bat in the 2007 World Cup and resourceful with the ball, though not devastatingly successful in either discipline. One for the future, certainly. Alan Curr April 2007
