Nathan Bracken

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	Tests	ODIs
Nathan Bracken Australia (Aus)

Batting style	Right-handed batsman (RHB)
Bowling type	Left arm fast-medium (LFM)
Matches	5	60
Runs scored	70	144
Batting average	17.50	16.00
100s/50s	-/-	-/-
Top score	37	21*
Balls bowled	1110	3005
Wickets	12	100
Bowling average	42.08	22.20
5 wickets in innings	-	1
10 wickets in match	-	n/a
Best bowling	4/48	5/67
Catches/stumpings	2/-	13/-
As of March 26, 2007 Source: Cricinfo.com

Nathan Wade Bracken (born September 12, 1977 in Penrith, New South Wales) is an Australian cricketer. He is married to Hayley Rich. Bracken's trademark is his extremely long blonde hair which he wears with a head-band while bowling. Many commentators and cricket fans have compared him to Australian Idol television host Andy G, which he is thus nicknamed.

A left arm fast bowler, Bracken made his debut for his state in the 1998-1999 season after attending the Commonwealth Bank Cricket Academy the year before. Tall and capable of swinging the ball both ways, Bracken quickly established himself in domestic cricket.

In the 2000-2001 season Bracken made his debut for Australia in a one day international match against West Indies and established himself as a regular member of that squad, but a shoulder injury in 2001 saw him lose his place until the 2003 World Cup in South Africa.

Due to a wealth of fast bowling talent in Australia, Bracken has only just become a regular fixture in the Australian team; especially since the omission of Jason Gillespie and Michael Kasprowicz. He has played five Test matches though, his debut coming in December 2003 versus India in Brisbane. Despite a strong showing during the 2005/2006 ODI season, he was not selected to tour South Africa for the Test series starting in March 2006.

He has established himself as one the top fast bowlers in Australian state cricket, and in December 2004 took the remarkable figures of 7 for 4 in a Pura Cup game against South Australia in Sydney, figures that have rarely been bettered in the history of first-class cricket around the world.

Bracken is currently one of twenty-five elite cricketers contracted to Cricket Australia, being reinstated to the list in 2005 after being dropped the previous year.

1 Teams
2 Career highlights
- 2.1 Tests
- 2.2 One-day internationals
3 External links

[edit] Teams

[edit] International

Australia (current)

[edit] Australian state

New South Wales Blues (current)

[edit] English county

Worcestershire (2006 season)

[edit] Career highlights

[edit] Tests

Test Debut: vs India, Brisbane, 2003-2004
Latest Test: vs South Africa, Sydney, 2005-2006

Bracken's best Test batting score of 37, was made against the West Indies, Brisbane, 2005-2006
His best Test bowling figures of 4 for 48 came against the West Indies, Brisbane, 2005-2006
He had figures 0f 3-22, in the ICC Champions Trophy final against the West Indies.

[edit] One-day internationals

ODI Debut: vs West Indies, Melbourne, 2000-2001
Latest ODI: vs England, Sydney, 2006 - 2007

Bracken's best ODI batting score of 21 not out.
His best ODI bowling figures of 5 for 67 came against South Africa, Johannesburg, 2005-2006

[edit] External links

Persondata
NAME	Bracken, Nathan Wade
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Cricketer
DATE OF BIRTH	September 12, 1977
PLACE OF BIRTH	Penrith, New South Wales
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH