Mark O'Brien (27)
Representative pathway — 7 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Division 1 representative (+4)
- ● Premier or state pathway — 4 matches (+1.6)
- ● Body of work — 50 imported matches (+1.0)
Critical recommendations
Adjusted average of 7.4 over 34 innings. Focus on the first 15 balls: leave/defend percentages, judgement outside off stump.
13 of 25 dismissals are bowled/LBW — likely playing across the front pad or leaving a gate. Work on a straighter bat path and head position over the ball.
Out for 0 in 15% of imported innings. Build a repeatable start routine: watch the ball out of the hand, score first run with low-risk pushes.
0.20 dismissals per match across 50 matches. Add direct-hit and ground-fielding reps to turn half-chances into run outs.
Strengths
- ✓ Genuine wicket-taker — bowling average of 15.3.
- ✓ Builds pressure with a tight economy of 3.70.
- ✓ Strikes regularly — a wicket every 25 balls.
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 21 × 40% · Batting not rated (weight redistributed) · Bowling 52 × 30%. Unrated disciplines are dropped and the remaining weights rescaled, so a non-bowler is not punished for not bowling.
- Level
- ×0.33 for the level played (Rep Div 1 4 · Club 46). The same score is worth more in harder cricket.
- Form
- No match in the last 2 years, so not ranked. The rating shown is from the career.
- Fielding
- Outfield: 10 catches + 0 run outs (0 direct, 0 assisted) in 50 matches — 0.20 per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 34 innings at 7.4 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
- Bowling
- 39 wickets in 41 matches bowled in (of 50 played) — 0.95 per match at 15.3, economy 3.70, strike rate 24.9.
Fielding — imported matches (50)
Batting — imported matches
Bowling — imported matches
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 50 imported |
| Batting | 198 runs in 34 inns @ 7.37 (SR 27.27) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 0×50, HS 33, 5 ducks |
| Bowling | 39 wkts @ 15.33 (econ 3.7, SR 24.9) |
| Best / 5WI | 5-26 · 1 five-fors |
| Fielding | 10 ct, 0 RO, 0 st |
Further analysis
Batting form
Running not-out-adjusted average across innings (chronological).
Score distribution
How often each scoring band is reached — a read on consistency.
Scoring tempo
Runs vs balls faced per innings; line = a strike rate of 100.
Bowling form
Economy per spell (chronological) with the career economy as a baseline.
Wicket accumulation
Cumulative wickets across spells — the shape of their wicket-taking.
Fielding contribution
Breakdown of the 10 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
Across 50 imported match(es).
Season by season
Seasons run 1 September – 31 August. Imported scorecards only.
Batting
| Season | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 50 | 100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020/21 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1* | 1 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2015/16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0* | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2014/15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2013/14 | 11 | 2 | 64 | 19 | 6.88 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2012/13 | 9 | 1 | 75 | 33 | 9.26 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2010/11 | 11 | 4 | 58 | 16* | 7.19 | 263.64 | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015/16 | 4 | 0 | 24 | 0 | — | 6 | — |
| 2014/15 | 20 | 1 | 67 | 4 | 16.75 | 3.35 | 30 |
| 2013/14 | 70.7 | 12 | 250 | 18 | 13.89 | 3.54 | 23.6 |
| 2012/13 | 15 | 2 | 59 | 5 | 11.8 | 3.93 | 18 |
| 2010/11 | 52 | 5 | 158 | 11 | 14.36 | 3.04 | 28.4 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015/16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014/15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013/14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2012/13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2010/11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
How does Mark compare?
Year-by-year, aligned by age — against Sam Konstas or any player you pick.