Chad O'Brien
Representative pathway — 1 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Body of work — 39 imported matches (+0.8)
Critical recommendations
6 of 11 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 29% of imported innings. Build a repeatable start routine: watch the ball out of the hand, score first run with low-risk pushes.
Strengths
- ✓ Genuine wicket-taker — bowling average of 17.3.
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 20 × 40% · Batting not rated (weight redistributed) · Bowling 61 × 30%. Unrated disciplines are dropped and the remaining weights rescaled, so a non-bowler is not punished for not bowling.
- Level
- ×0.30 for the level played (Club 14). The same score is worth more in harder cricket.
- Form
- Rated on the last 14 matches since 1 Nov 2024. Older cricket still shows in the career figures but does not count.
- Fielding
- Outfield: 11 catches + 1 run outs (1 direct, 0 assisted) in 39 matches — 0.31 per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 17 innings at 19.3 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
- Bowling
- 46 wickets in 33 matches bowled in (of 39 played) — 1.39 per match at 17.3, economy 4.00, strike rate 25.9.
Fielding — imported matches (39)
Batting — imported matches
Bowling — imported matches
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 39 imported |
| Batting | 243 runs in 17 inns @ 19.34 (SR —) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 1×50, HS 96, 5 ducks |
| Bowling | 46 wkts @ 17.26 (econ 4, SR 25.9) |
| Best / 5WI | 3-16 · 0 five-fors |
| Fielding | 13 ct, 1 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 14 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
Across 39 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023/24 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 14* | 14 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2022/23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2021/22 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1* | 1 | 100 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018/19 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2016/17 | 3 | 1 | 31 | 16 | 13.78 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2014/15 | 6 | 3 | 191 | 96* | 47.75 | — | 1 | 0 |
| 2011/12 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 78.2 | 6 | 336 | 20 | 16.8 | 4.3 | 23.5 |
| 2023/24 | 12 | 0 | 56 | 3 | 18.67 | 4.67 | 24 |
| 2018/19 | 21.3 | 1 | 80 | 4 | 20 | 3.75 | 32 |
| 2017/18 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 5.33 | 5.33 | 6 |
| 2016/17 | 17 | 4 | 73 | 4 | 18.25 | 4.29 | 25.5 |
| 2014/15 | 41 | 7 | 131 | 9 | 14.56 | 3.2 | 27.3 |
| 2013/14 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 0 | — | 1.8 | — |
| 2011/12 | 16 | 3 | 80 | 2 | 40 | 5 | 48 |
| 2010/11 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 13 | 2.6 | 30 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 2023/24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018/19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2016/17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014/15 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 2013/14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
How does Chad compare?
Year-by-year, aligned by age — against Sam Konstas or any player you pick.