Jacob Oram

Country: New Zealand
Date of Birth: July 28, 1978
Place of Birth: Palmerston North, Manawatu
Batting Style: Left Handed
Bowling Style: Right-arm fast medium
Skill: All Rounder
Teams Played: Chennai Super Kings, New Zealand

Batting Performance

	M	Inn	No	Runs	HS	100s	50s	Avg	SR
Tests	33	59	10	1780	133	5	6	36.33	50.38
ODI	139	101	13	2189	101*	1	12	24.88	84.62
T20s	27	24	5	396	66*	0	2	20.84	137.98
IPL	15	11	4	106	41*	0	0	15.14	100.95

Bowling & Fielding Performance

	M	Overs	Runs	Mdns	Wkts	Avg	Best	Econ
Tests	33	827.2	1983	240	60	33.05	4/41	2.4
ODI	139	984.5	4293	83	140	30.66	5/26	4.36
T20s	27	64.3	564	0	12	47	3/33	8.77
IPL	15	31.3	282	0	8	35.25	3/32	9.01

Career Performance

	First Match	Last Match
Tests	December 12, 2002 v India at Basin Reserve, Wellington	August 26, 2009 v Sri Lanka at Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo
ODIs	January 4, 2001 v Zimbabwe at WestpacTrust Stadium, Wellington	March 3, 2010 v Australia at McLean Park, Napier
T20s	October 21, 2005 v South Africa at New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg	May 23, 2010 v Sri Lanka at Central Broward Regional Park Stadium, Lauderhill, Florida
IPL	April 19, 2008 v Kings XI Punjab at Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali - Chandigarh	May 23, 2009 v Royal Challengers Bangalore at New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg

Profile

Jacob Oram is another immensely talented New Zealand player in the long list, whose career has been continuously hampered by various injuries. A tall all-rounder, Jacob Oram is an exciting cricketer to watch. Being a power-house batsman, the southpaw has the capability to smash the ball out of the ground. Considering his 1.98m height, Oram is surprisingly an agile outfielder.

The southpaw is predominantly a one-day player but has also done a fair job in Test cricket. He believes in entertaining the crowd and it is hard to keep your eyes off the action when Oram is out in the middle. He makes great use of his height and generates pace and bounce from the pitch at his will. Oram has the knack of picking wickets at the right time and is capable of clocking deliveries around 140 kph.

His performance in recent Test and ODI matches have been very impressive. If Oram is able to keep himself fit, one can see New Zealand winning more matches and touching greater heights, courtesy the big all-rounder.