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Robert O'Donnell

32New Zealand

Right-handed top-order batter
Right-arm medium bowler

First-class record

Batting

	Mat	Inns	Runs	Avg	SR	100/50	HS
First-class matches	89	155	5,107	35.71	52.3	11/23	223
Last 10	10	17	524	32.75	68.9	2/1	150

Bowling

	Mat	Balls	Wkts	Avg	Econ	Best	5w	10w
First-class matches	89	1,053	15	38.67	3.30	5/47	1	0
Last 10	10	3	0	–	2.00	–	0	0

Batting style

Aggressive middle-order batter

Figure	Player	Par	Against par
Average	37.5	29.9
Average v pace	33.4	28.2
Average v spin	53.0	34.9
Strike rate v pace	60	51
Strike rate v spin	72	53
Balls per dismissal	59	58
Dot %	72.4	75.0

3,257 balls in first-class matches · Feb 2022 – Mar 2026

Compare with other players

Men's First-class

Overall rank: 441st; all first-class batters
Plunket Shield rank: 25th; batters
Runs a match: −5.8; above an average player; Men's First-class batting, runs a match
AveragePeak +0.3
February 2024Now −5.8
201520172019202120232025

Last 2 years	Mat	Runs	Avg	SR	Wkts	Bowl avg	Econ
First-class	15	729	30.4	65.3	0	–	2.00

Not in our first-class bowling rankings.

Team

Northern DistrictsPlunket ShieldLast played Mar 2026

First-class streaks

	Last 10	Career	Now	Best
50+ score	2/10	22%	1	4	17910440020128101
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Took a wicket	3/10	30%	0	2	1500010000
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Robert O'Donnell has made 50 or more in 2 of the last 10 First-class innings.
Robert O'Donnell has taken a wicket in 3 of the last 10 first-class matches bowled in.

Last 10 first-class matches

Date	Team	Opponent	Ground	Bat	Bowl	Result
27 Mar 2026	Northern Districts	Central Stags	Seddon Park	8 & 101	–	Central Stags won by 25 runs
18 Mar 2026	Northern Districts	Otago Volts	University Oval	20 & 12	–	Otago Volts won by 4 wickets
7 Mar 2026	Northern Districts	Central Stags	McLean Park	0 & 0	–	Central Stags won by an innings and 27 runs
28 Feb 2026	Northern Districts	Auckland Aces	Eden Park Outer Oval	0 & 44*	–	Northern Districts won by 6 wickets
13 Dec 2025	Northern Districts	Wellington Firebirds	Cobham Oval	91 (124)	–	Northern Districts won by an innings and 28 runs
5 Dec 2025	Northern Districts	Otago Volts	Seddon Park	32 & 17	–	Northern Districts won by 113 runs
18 Nov 2025	Northern Districts	Canterbury	Mainpower Oval	4 & 3	–	Canterbury won by 5 wickets
29 Mar 2025	Northern Districts	Otago Volts	University Oval	22 (51)	0/1 (0.3)	Northern Districts won by 134 runs
21 Mar 2025	Northern Districts	Wellington Firebirds	Basin Reserve	0 & 150	–	Northern Districts won by 20 runs
13 Mar 2025	Northern Districts	Auckland Aces	Eden Park Outer Oval	20 (32)	–	Drawn