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W O'Rourke

India · Left-arm orthodox · All-rounder

W O'Rourke — 59 career matches, 47 runs and 93 wickets across all formats.

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0
Runs
0
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Explore Full Stats
Bat Avg
5.9
Bowl Avg
27.6

Career stats overview

11 Test · 17 ODI · 31 T20I appearances — spanning 2009 to present.

Test

11 matches

18
Runs scored
39
Wickets taken

Where his legacy was forged — the format that rewards patience and precision.

ODI

17 matches

6
Runs scored
22
Wickets taken

The middle-overs architect — a decade of white-ball consistency.

T20I

31 matches

23
Runs scored
32
Wickets taken

Brief but impactful — quality over volume in the shortest format.

Format-aware deep dive

Where he dominates

Home record

215
wickets

Average 21.4 on Indian soil — better than any active spinner of the era.

Fourth-innings force

112
wickets

A third of his Test wickets come on day five, when bowlers decide outcomes.

Lower-order resilience

38.4
batting avg

At No.7 his average beats every Indian specialist in that slot since 2015.

Elite opposition

198
wkts in 48 M

Combined record vs Australia, England, New Zealand and South Africa.

Consistency

14
five-wicket hauls

Third-most by any Indian bowler since his Test debut.

WTC presence

2
finals played

In the conversation every cycle. Central to this India red-ball side.

Career threads

Beyond the numbers

Elite across all three formats

788 wickets across all formats. Equally lethal on spinning Indian decks and unforgiving overseas tracks.

Test cricket is where the numbers peak

A batting average in all-rounder territory, a bowling average in the mid-twenties, a No.1 ranking held across multiple cycles.

A franchise career of its own

250 IPL appearances, 173 wickets — four titles with Chennai, and the 2026 move brings it full circle.

Sir Jadeja

The meme that became a compliment. A cultural marker only a handful of modern players carry.

Head-to-head

Vs opponents

Career totals broken down by the teams W O'Rourke has faced most often, heat-scaled by output.

India

Matches
4
Runs
4
Wickets
8

Sri Lanka

Matches
4
Runs
8
Wickets
11

Auckland

Matches
3
Runs
15
Wickets
3

England

Matches
3
Runs
11
Wickets
10

Durham

Matches
2
Runs
21
Wickets
3

Wellington

Matches
2
Runs
7
Wickets
8

Australia

Matches
1
Wickets
2

Bangladesh

Matches
1
Runs
1
Wickets
7

Grounds played at

Home & away grounds

The venues where W O'Rourke has turned out most often.

Hagley Oval, Christchurch

Matches
6
Runs
28
Wickets
12

Seddon Park, Hamilton

Matches
3
Runs
8
Wickets
24

Basin Reserve, Wellington

Matches
2
Runs
1
Wickets
14

Eden Park, Auckland

Matches
2
Runs
1
Wickets
2

Galle International Stadium

Matches
2
Runs
4
Wickets
8

M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru

Matches
1
Wickets
7

Dubai International Cricket Stadium

Matches
1
Runs
1
Wickets
1

Headingley, Leeds

Matches
1
Runs
5
Wickets
9

Historical aggregates derived from Cricsheet (cricsheet.org) under ODC-BY licence. 2001/02–2026 IPL seasons. Batting average uses dismissals as the denominator; bowler wickets are credited only for bowler-kind dismissals (bowled, caught, lbw, caught-and-bowled, stumped, hit wicket). Venue and opposition splits are rebuilt after every ingest from the Cricsheet archive.