Kevin O’Brien is an Irish cricketer who played for Ireland from June 2006 to 16 August 2022. He made his debut in ODI in June 2006, where he played against England. He managed to take 1 wicket of his 10 overs with an expense of 47 runs.
Later in his test debut in 2018, he registered a record of hitting a century on a debut and became the first Irish cricketer to score a century in Test Cricket and one of the players from eleven to play Ireland’s first Test match against Pakistan in 2018.
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8 Enticing Facts of Kevin O’Brien
- He holds the record for the 3rd fastest century in 50 over the World Cup against England in 2011 in Bengaluru; he scored a century within 50 balls. His clinical innings led Ireland to a huge win against a big-reputed team, England, with a 3-wicket win. His record was broken in 2023 by Aiden Markram and Glenn Maxwell at Delhi in Arun Jaitley Stadium.
- England took revenge later from Kevin O’Brien in 2015 by smashing 95 runs in his 7 overs, destroying his economy, and setting a record for him for holding one of the worst economies in an ODI, which was replaced by his own teammate in 2023, Joshua Brian Little. Kevin currently sits in second place for having the worst economy in ODI, and Joshua tops the list.
- Kevin O’Brien is the 2nd highest scorer in international cricket, combining ODI, Test, and T20 for the Ireland cricket team. He has scored 5850 runs in 250 innings, holding 4 centuries and 24 half-centuries. The highest scorer for Ireland is Paul Stirling with 9652 runs in 312 innings.
- One of his most bizarre records is holding the most number of ducks in T20 internationals, i.e., 12 times in 103 innings. He sits in 5th place on the list.
- Being an explosive batsman and a stable all-rounder for Ireland, Kevin O’Brien scored 142 runs, which is his highest individual score and the 3rd highest for the Ireland cricket team in ODIs. Paul Stirling sits at the top, scoring 177 for Ireland in ODIs.
- In his span of 2006-21 in ODIs, he made a total of 3619 runs and took 114 wickets. He joined the list of players who scored more than 1000 runs and took 100 wickets.
- Along with 1000 runs and crossing over 100 wickets, he took 67 catches in ODIs and joined the list of players who scored over 1000 runs, took 100 wickets, and caught 50 catches.
- When he played that sensational century against England, he got a great hand of support at the other side of the pitch by AR Cusack to chase the total, and they made a gigantic partnership of 162 runs, sitting at the 10th position for having the highest partnership for sixth wicket in ODIs.
