Smile makes O'Brien the likeable one
Kanishkaa Balachandran
25-Feb-2013
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So why should we like Iain O'Brien so much? Chris Rattue in the New Zealand Herald lists out several reasons why we should treasure such a charming character with a decent handle on life.
It's that infectious grin at the corner of his mouth and an open nature that draw you in. They are such a breath of fresh air in a world of sport where the mumbling of the precocious and the precious dominate.
In the same paper, David Leggat writes that O'Brien happens to be among the first names Daniel Vettori puts on his Test line-up these days because of the air of confidence he brings to the dressing room.
Kanishkaa Balachandran is a senior sub-editor at ESPNcricinfo