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William ORourke

Born: 2001-08-06
Batting: Right Handed Bat
Bowling: right-arm fast-medium
From: London

Batting career

Career totals by format

Batting career statistics
Format	M	Runs	Avg	SR	HS
Test	14	38	3.8	14.45	19
ODI	20	13	3.25	41.94	6
T20I	45	27	3.86	87.10	21
First-class	15	64	12.8	32.16	17*
T20	43	49	24.5	98	21*

Bowling career

Career totals by format

Bowling career statistics
Format	M	Wkts	Econ	Overs	Best
Test	14	49	3.53	341.1	5/34
ODI	20	27	5.63	163.4	4/43
T20I	45	37	8.43	106.2	0
First-class	15	48	3.07	443.2	4/38
T20	43	47	8.3	142.3	5/22
IPL	3	6	12.77	10.2	3/27

Recent performances

T20 match form

24 Jul 2025vs ZIM, ZIM Tri Series 2025, #6T20I

Batting: —
Bowling: 1/19 (3.0o)

22 Jul 2025vs SA, ZIM Tri Series 2025, #5T20I

Batting: —
Bowling: 1/27 (4.0o)

26 Mar 2025vs PAK, PAK vs NZ 2025, #5T20I

Batting: —
Bowling: 0/29 (4.0o)

23 Mar 2025vs PAK, PAK vs NZ 2025, #4T20I

Batting: —
Bowling: 1/29 (4.0o)

27 Apr 2024vs PAK, NZ vs PAK 2024, #5T20I

Batting: 0 (0b)
Bowling: —

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27 Apr 2024vs PAK, NZ vs PAK 2024, #5T20I

Batting: —
Bowling: 1/25 (4.0o)

25 Apr 2024vs PAK, NZ vs PAK 2024, #4T20I

Batting: —
Bowling: 3/27 (4.0o)

21 Apr 2024vs PAK, NZ vs PAK 2024, #3T20I

Batting: —
Bowling: 0/33 (4.0o)

About William ORourke

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William Peter O'Rourke is a prominent right-arm fast bowler, who represents New Zealand in international cricket. He was born on August 6, 2001, in Kingston upon Thames, London, England, and plays for Canterbury in domestic cricket. O’Rourke being 6 feet 4 inches tall, bowling has made rapid progress, helping him to rapidly ascend the ranks to become a pivotal figure in the New Zealand bowling line-up. Cricket flows in his blood as his father, Paddy O'Rourke, was a fast bowler for Wellington between the 1989- 90 and 1991-92 seasons. To polish his skills as a cricketer, his parents decided to relocate to Auckland when William was around 5 years old. He drew inspiration from his father to take up cricket as a career and focus on fast bowling. In his early career, he played for Auckland age-group teams from the 2017-18 season and then moved to the South Island to attend the University of Canterbury. O’Rourke commenced his domestic in some fashion. In the 2020-21 season, he was added to the Canterbury A team and claimed 10 wickets in the National Provincial A Tournament. Working hard constantly, he earned a full domestic contract with the Canterbury Cricket after the 2020–21 season. On January 3, 2022, against Otago in the Ford Trophy, he made his List A debut, followed by his T20 debut on January 7, against Auckland, and he decided not to press the break. Soon after on March 20, he made his first class debut. Every step in O’Rourke’s career has been phenomenal, but particularly highlighting one, his 2022-23 season was just a career boost for him. He secured 12 wickets in 10 appearances becoming the joint-highest wicket-taker for Canterbury in the Super Smash season, helping the team to reach the finals. In the same season, he led the team bowling attack in the Ford Trophy, bagging 13 wickets in nine matches, including a stunning performance of three wickets conceding 47 runs against Otago, helping the team to qualify for the finals. He recorded th