Tuesday, December 18, 2007

John Bracewell-New Zealand


Full name John Garry Bracewell
Born April 15, 1958, Auckland
Current age 49 years 247 days
Major teams New Zealand, Auckland, Otago
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm offbreak
Other Coach
Relations Brother - DW Bracewell, Brother - MA Bracewell, Brother - BP Bracewell



Batting and fielding averages Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave BF SR 100 50 4s 6s Ct St
Tests 41 60 11 1001 110 20.42 2503 39.99 1 4 82 4 31 0
ODIs 53 43 12 512 43 16.51 717 71.40 0 0 36 3 19 0
First-class 149 208 40 4354 110 25.91 4 125 0
List A 107 88 20 1374 66 20.20 0 3 40 0


Bowling averages Mat Inns Balls Runs Wkts BBI BBM Ave Econ SR 4w 5w 10
Tests 41 67 8403 3653 102 6/32 10/106 35.81 2.60 82.3 5 4 1
ODIs 53 50 2447 1884 33 2/3 2/3 57.09 4.61 74.1 0 0 0
First-class 149 13919 522 8/81 26.66 33 9
List A 107 4995 3171 90 3/19 3/19 35.23 3.80 55.5 0 0 0


Career statistics Statistics Statsguru Tests Statsguru ODIs
Test debut Australia v New Zealand at Brisbane, Nov 28-30, 1980 scorecard
Last Test England v New Zealand at Birmingham, Jul 5-10, 1990 scorecard
ODI debut New Zealand v Pakistan at Birmingham, Jun 11-12, 1983 scorecard
Last ODI New Zealand v Pakistan at Sharjah, May 1, 1990 scorecard
First-class span 1978/79 - 1989/90
List A span 1981/82 - 1989/90



Profile


A resourceful offspinner with a high action, and a useful, hard-hitting batsman, John Bracewell's strike rate of a wicket every 82 balls was very respectable for a spinner in the 1980s, when the art was virtually dead. He took three six-fors, all of them in New Zealand wins, the most famous of which was at Auckland in 1985-86. Bracewell's 6 for 32 helped the Kiwis to a victory that made them the first side to beat Australia in two series in one winter, and he became the first New Zealand spinner to take a ten-for. He could belt the ball too, and at Sydney earlier in the same winter he bashed 83 not out in a last-wicket partnership of 124 with Stephen Boock. Bracewell went on to coach Gloucestershire, inspiring them to a series of one-day trophies at the turn of the century. He returned to New Zealand, as the national coach, in September 2003. He guided New Zealand through a moderately successful period and took them to his first World Cup as coach with momentum having won the Chappell-Hadlee Trophy for the first time. After the 2007 World Cup, where New Zealand finished semi-finalists, he was give a two-year extension as coach.
Rob Smyth August 2007



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