Nathan Bracken

Nathan Bracken

Australia

Full name Nathan Wade Bracken
Born September 12, 1977, Penrith, New South Wales
Current age 29 years 170 days
Major teams Australia, Gloucestershire, New South Wales, Worcestershire
Nickname Bracks, Andy G (Australian Idol host)
Playing role Bowler
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Left-arm fast-medium
Height 1.95 m
Education Faulconbridge Primary; Springwood High School

Statsguru

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct	St
Tests	5	6	2	70	37	17.50	112	62.50	0	0	7	0	2	0
ODIs	57	19	10	144	21*	16.00	169	85.20	0	0	7	5	12	0
Twenty20 Int.	3	1	1	3	3*	-	3	100.00	0	0	0	0	0	0
First-class	57	77	28	845	38*	17.24			0	0			15	0
List A	132	49	19	289	21*	9.63			0	0			23	0
Twenty20	6	3	2	10	7*	10.00	7	142.85	0	0			0	0

Bowling averages

	Mat	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4	5	10
Tests	5	1110	505	12	4/48	4/71	42.08	2.72	92.50	1	0	0
ODIs	57	2873	2135	96	5/67	5/67	22.23	4.45	29.92	2	1	0
Twenty20 Int.	3	60	73	4	2/9	2/9	18.25	7.30	15.00	0	0	0
First-class	57	11346	4835	181	7/4		26.71	2.55	62.68		8	0
List A	132	6667	4821	188	5/38	5/38	25.64	4.33	35.46	5	2	0
Twenty20	6	132	174	5	2/9	2/9	34.80	7.90	26.40	0	0	0

Career statistics
Test debut	Australia v India at Brisbane - Dec 4-8, 2003
Last Test	Australia v South Africa at Perth - Dec 16-20, 2005
ODI debut	Australia v West Indies at Melbourne - Jan 11, 2001
Last ODI	New Zealand v Australia at Hamilton - Feb 20, 2007
Twenty20 Int. debut	Australia v South Africa at Brisbane - Jan 9, 2006
Last Twenty20 Int.	Australia v England at Sydney - Jan 9, 2007
First-class span	1998/99 - 2006/07
List A span	1998/99 - 2006/07
Twenty20 span	2004/05 - 2006/07

Notes

Bradman Young Cricketer of the Year - 2001

Profile

The search for a Test-class left-armer, a universal pursuit, first led Australia to Nathan Bracken. Tall and slim, Bracken bowls a full length, moves the ball both ways in the air and off the seam and fitted easily into Australia's rampant one-day squad in 2000-01. He has also been instrumental in resuscitating New South Wales's fortunes, including a first-innings 6 for 27 in their 2004-05 final win over Queensland and 7 for 4 earlier that season when South Australia fell for 29 at the SCG. A shoulder injury cut short his maiden Ashes tour in 2001 after just two matches, but after a spell on the sidelines he returned to the national colours during the 2003 World Cup, when Jason Gillespie dropped out with a heel injury.

His Test debut finally came in 2003-04, but in three outings against the powerful Indian batting line-up he failed to make real inroads. In the spring of 2004 he was omitted from Cricket Australia's list of centrally-contracted players, but returned to the ODI scene for the 2005 Super Series and became a regular in green and gold. Work in the nets refining his swing was rewarded with two Tests in 2005-06 and he also added another string by delivering across the seam when he wanted to defend. At times during the 2006 Champions Trophy he opened the attack, dropping Glenn McGrath to first change, and in 17 matches between the South Africa tour and the end of the CB Series he picked up at least a wicket in each game to become an essential member of the squad. However, he faces a regular battle with Mitchell Johnson for the position as the country's No. 1 left-armer.
Cricinfo staff February 2007