Full name Aaron Warren O'Brien
Born October 2, 1981, St Leonards, Sydney, New South Wales
Current age 39 years 109 days
Major teams Adelaide Strikers, Australia Under-19s, New South Wales, South Australia
Nickname Obi
Batting style Left-hand bat
Bowling style Slow left-arm orthodox
Height 1.82 m
Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s | Ct | St | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
First-class | 49 | 80 | 11 | 1846 | 147 | 26.75 | 3970 | 46.49 | 1 | 8 | 28 | 0 | ||
List A | 64 | 53 | 16 | 1149 | 62* | 31.05 | 1541 | 74.56 | 0 | 6 | 20 | 0 | ||
T20s | 58 | 34 | 18 | 255 | 38 | 15.93 | 240 | 106.25 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 22 | 0 |
Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w | 10 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
First-class | 49 | 5619 | 2862 | 51 | 4/74 | 56.11 | 3.05 | 110.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
List A | 64 | 2395 | 1954 | 40 | 4/41 | 4/41 | 48.85 | 4.89 | 59.8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
T20s | 58 | 55 | 1161 | 1423 | 55 | 3/15 | 3/15 | 25.87 | 7.35 | 21.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
First-class debut | 2001/02 |
Last First-class | South Australia v Queensland at Adelaide, Nov 25-28, 2011 scorecard |
List A debut | 2001/02 |
Last List A | South Australia v Tasmania at Adelaide, Feb 25, 2012 scorecard |
T20s debut | New South Wales v Queensland at Sydney, Jan 8, 2006 scorecard |
Last T20s | Adelaide Strikers v Melbourne Renegades at Adelaide, Jan 22, 2014 scorecard |
Bat & Bowl | Team | Opposition | Ground | Match Date | Scorecard |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
4*, 0/39 | Renegades | v Strikers | Adelaide | 22 Jan 2014 | T20 |
2/41 | Renegades | v Sixers | Melbourne (Docklands) | 18 Jan 2014 | T20 |
5, 0/17 | Renegades | v Thunder | Melbourne (Docklands) | 14 Jan 2014 | T20 |
1/38 | Renegades | v Stars | Melbourne (Docklands) | 4 Jan 2014 | T20 |
0*, 0/23 | Renegades | v Hurricanes | Hobart | 1 Jan 2014 | T20 |
2/26 | Renegades | v Heat | Melbourne (Docklands) | 30 Dec 2013 | T20 |
0/28, 10* | Renegades | v Scorchers | Perth | 26 Dec 2013 | T20 |
2/39, 3* | Renegades | v Stars | Melbourne | 20 Dec 2013 | T20 |
0/31, 14* | Renegades | v Heat | Melbourne (Docklands) | 15 Jan 2013 | T20 |
1/11 | Renegades | v Sixers | Sydney | 9 Jan 2013 | T20 |
After consecutive lean seasons for his native New South Wales, Aaron O'Brien signed with South Australia for 2008-09 and the fresh start reignited a promising career. His move west was rewarded with his most consistent season in years. He managed 392 runs in nine Sheffield Shield matches - though a top score of 63 was disappointing - as well as appearances in all one-day games. In 2009-10 he averaged around 30 with the bat in the Sheffield Shield and FR Cup, and while his 14 first-class wickets came at 63, he was more effective in the 50-over format with 12 at 31. His seven Twenty20 victims came every 9.14 runs.