Jacob Oram

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Jacob Oram

New Zealand
Batting style	Left-hand bat
Bowling style	Right-arm fast-medium
Career statistics
	Tests	ODIs
Matches	27	115
Runs scored	1428	1764
Batting average	36.61	23.83
100s/50s	4/4	1/8
Top score	133	101*

Balls bowled	4220	4753
Wickets	57	119
Bowling average	29.98	31.24
5 wickets in innings	0	2
10 wickets in match	0	n/a
Best bowling	4/41	5/26
Catches/stumpings	14/-	33/-
As of 21 March 2008 Source: Cricinfo

Jacob David Philip Oram (born 28 July 1978, Palmerston North, Manawatu, New Zealand) is a New Zealand cricketer. He is a big hitting left-handed batsman and a right-arm fast-medium bowler. Because of his abilities with both bat and ball, he is a regular fixture in the current New Zealand test and one day sides. He usually bats around 6 or 7 for New Zealand. Oram's bowling has been more successful in the shorter format: he has reached as high as 5 in the ICC ODI Player Rankings as a bowler. Standing at 1.98m (6ft 6 in), he was a schoolboy representative as a soccer goalkeeper. He has also played for Manawatu in the Hawke Cup.

He plays for the Chennai Super Kings in the Indian Premier League. He played the first three league matches in the Indian Premier League before leaving for national duty. He made his mark by playing a major both with bat and bowl in the first three victories of the Chennai Super Kings

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Player Profile: Jacob Oram from Cricinfo

v • d • e New Zealand squad - 2007 Cricket World Cup

1 Fleming • 2 Vettori • 3 Bond • 4 Franklin • 5 Fulton • 6 Gillespie • 7 McCullum • 8 McMillan • 9 Marshall • 10 Martin • 11 Mason • 12 Oram • 13 Patel • 14 Styris • 15 Taylor • 16 Tuffey • 17 Vincent • Coach: Bracewell Tuffey and Vincent were injured during the tournament and replaced in the squad by Martin and Marshall respectively.