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Full name Jacob David Philip Oram
Born July 28, 1978, Palmerston North, Manawatu
Current age 30 years 75 days
Major teams New Zealand,Central Districts,Chennai Super Kings
Playing role All-rounder
Batting style Left-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm fast-medium
Height
1.98 m
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
30
53
9
1659
133
37.70
3211
51.66
5
5
197
21
14
0
ODIs
120
88
11
1911
101*
24.81
2319
82.40
1
10
141
59
37
0
T20Is
9
8
3
242
66*
48.40
146
165.75
0
2
20
15
1
0
First-class
76
122
16
3679
155
34.70
8
17
34
0
List A
191
151
16
3592
127
26.60
3
19
58
0
Twenty20
21
19
6
425
66*
32.69
277
153.42
0
3
37
24
7
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
30
50
4598
1838
60
4/41
6/63
30.63
2.39
76.6
1
0
0
ODIs
120
114
5167
3819
124
5/26
5/26
30.79
4.43
41.6
2
2
0
T20Is
9
8
120
202
2
1/14
1/14
101.00
10.10
60.0
0
0
0
First-class
76
9364
3634
143
6/45
25.41
2.32
65.4
3
0
List A
191
7089
5116
163
5/26
5/26
31.38
4.33
43.4
2
2
0
Twenty20
21
18
345
547
9
3/32
3/32
60.77
9.51
38.3
0
0
0
Career statistics
Test debut
New Zealand v India at Wellington, Dec 12-14, 2002 scorecard
Last Test
England v New Zealand at Nottingham, Jun 5-8, 2008 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut
New Zealand v Zimbabwe at Wellington, Jan 4, 2001 scorecard
Last ODI
Bangladesh v New Zealand at Dhaka (SBNS), Oct 9, 2008 scorecard
ODI statistics
T20I debut
South Africa v New Zealand at Johannesburg, Oct 21, 2005 scorecard
Last T20I
New Zealand v England at Auckland, Feb 5, 2008 scorecard
T20I statistics
First-class debut
1997/98
Last First-class
England v New Zealand at Nottingham, Jun 5-8, 2008 scorecard
List A debut
1997/98
Last List A
Bangladesh v New Zealand at Dhaka (SBNS), Oct 9, 2008 scorecard
Twenty20 debut
South Africa v New Zealand at Johannesburg, Oct 21, 2005 scorecard
Last Twenty20
Bangalore Royal Challengers v Chennai Super Kings at Bangalore, Apr 28, 2008 scorecard
Profile
It is hard to miss Jacob Oram on the pitch, and not just because of his 1.98m height. He has a high degree of agility in the field, where his skills were developed as a schoolboy representative soccer goalkeeper, and he complements that with solid medium-fast bowling skills and a naturally aggressive approach with the bat. Foot problems during the summer of 2001-02 meant he missed a season at a vital stage of his development, but he came back strongly in 2002-03 and sealed a place for himself in both the Test and one-day international sides. In 2003-04, he narrowly missed out on a century, as he struck 97 against Pakistan. But in the first Test against South Africa, he carved 119 not out and then 90 in the second Test, which earned him a touring spot for the England series in 2004. Oram continued to acquit himself well, and maintained his place for the Bangladesh tour in 2004-05. After suffering a stress reaction to a back injury, he missed Australia's tour of New Zealand in 2005 but returned to hit a delightful hundred, his third in Tests, against South Africa at Centurion in April 2006. His one-day game peaked at the CB Series in 2006-07, where his impressive striking rattled both England and Australia. His first ODI century, an amazing 101 from 72 balls against Australia, almost got New Zealand over the line in a huge run-chase at Perth. He broke the ring finger on his left hand taking a catch on the boundary in the Chappell-Hadlee Trophy series soon after but made it to the World Cup. His comment that he would 'chop off his finger' to play sparked frenzied reaction in the media but was meant in jest and he went on to average 33 with the bat and 25 with the ball as New Zealand reached the semi-finals. One of five New Zealanders signed up by the IPL when he joined Chennai. Lynn McConnell March 2008
