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Full name John Garry Bracewell
Born April 15, 1958, Auckland
Current age 50 years 100 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,Nephew - MG 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
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
Test statistics
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
ODI statistics
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
