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Kevin OBrien

Full name Kevin Joseph O'Brien

Born March 4, 1984, Dublin, Ireland

Current age 30 years 52 days

Major teams Ireland, Gloucestershire, Middlesex 2nd XI,Nottinghamshire, Rangpur Riders, Somerset, Somerset 2nd XI,Surrey, Trinidad & Tobago Red Steel

Playing role Allrounder

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	76	69	10	1955	142	33.13	2358	82.90	2	8	164	51	35	0
T20Is	37	33	7	399	42*	15.34	340	117.35	0	0	31	16	14	0
First-class	29	40	4	1168	171*	32.44	1883	62.02	1	7	144	26	25	0
List A	136	125	21	3152	142	30.30	3853	81.80	3	12	255	86	59	0
Twenty20	103	93	19	1598	119	21.59	1213	131.73	1	4	125	74	34	0

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
ODIs	76	63	2140	1756	62	4/13	4/13	28.32	4.92	34.5	2	0	0
T20Is	37	26	471	550	26	3/35	3/35	21.15	7.00	18.1	0	0	0
First-class	29	31	1601	758	27	5/39	6/54	28.07	2.84	59.2	2	1	0
List A	136	110	3686	3200	97	4/13	4/13	32.98	5.20	38.0	3	0	0
Twenty20	103	66	1076	1323	55	3/17	3/17	24.05	7.37	19.5	0	0	0

Younger brother of Niall, the Ireland wicket keeper, Kevin O'Brien wrote his name into Irish cricketing lore with a magical innings against England on a balmy March evening in Bangalore. Entering the fray with his team in a perilous position chasing a mountainous 327, he smashed a 50-ball century - the fastest in World Cup history - to set up a historic three-wicket win. Though that knock made his name, O'Brien had already established himself as a competent allrounder, bowling medium pace and batting in the middle order, in limited-overs cricket at Associate level.

He represented Ireland at the 2004 Under-19 World Cup in which he racked up 241 runs and, laying down a marker for the future, 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 their second-highest 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.