http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Somerset-c843 snap up Kevin O’Brien for 2012 Friends Life T20 campaign – Cricket News Update
The Somerset County Cricket Club, on Sunday snapped up Ireland all-rounder Kevin O’Brien to play a part of their 2012 Friends Life T20 tournament.
The 28-year-old hard-hitting Irish batsman, best known for scoring the fastest World Cup hundred, off just 50 deliveries, against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 in March last year, will play five of Somerset’s
upcoming twenty20 matches in the Flt20. O’Brien will make his first Flt20 appearance against Warwickshire at the County Ground on Wednesday, June 13, 2012.
Somerset's director of cricket, Brian Rose, was excited at the signing, and hoped the Irish big hitter would bolster their batting lineup in their soon to begin Flt20 campaign.
"Kevin is a very attractive batsman who can score his runs very quickly and will add to our already exciting batting line up," said Brian Rose after finalizing deal with the Dublin-born all-rounder.
“He will join overseas players http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Warwickshire-c862 in our opening FLt20 game on Wednesday,” he added further.
Besides being an aggressive top-order batsman, O’Brien also provides an extra medium pace bowling option to the club.
The Ireland coach, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Philip-Verant-Simmons-c82175, was also happy at O’Brien joining Somerset county for their initial few games and said that it would provide the all-rounder some extra practice ahead of the ICC World T20 Championship, to be held
in Sri Lanka in September this year.
"This is another great opportunity for Kevin to improve his knowledge and skills in Twenty20 format, which will no doubt help improve him further as a player and help prepare him for upcoming Twenty20 internationals against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Bangladesh-c747
in July and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758," said the Irish coach.
The Irish all-rounder, who played for http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Gloucestershire-c785 in the 2011 Friends Life T20 tournament, has so far played 56 Twenty20 matches, compiling a tally of 807 runs and claiming 28 wickets. He also holds the record of scoring fastest
century, off just 44 balls, in English cricket. In 25 T20 Internationals for http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ireland-c751, O’Brien has scored 218 runs and has bagged 16 wickets as well.
The 28-year-old hard-hitter will team up with countryman
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/George-Dockrell-c59135 at the County Ground, Taunton.
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