Nathan Bracken

Nathan Bracken

Personal information
Full name	Nathan Wade Bracken
Born	(1977-09-12) 12 September 1977 (age 47) Penrith, New South Wales, Australia
Nickname	Bracks, Andy G
Height	195 cm (6 ft 5 in)
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Left-arm fast-medium
Role	Bowler
International information
National side	Australia (2001–2009)
Test debut (cap 388)	4 December 2003 v India
Last Test	16 December 2005 v South Africa
ODI debut (cap 142)	11 January 2001 v West Indies
Last ODI	17 September 2009 v England
ODI shirt no.	59
T20I debut (cap 14)	9 January 2006 v South Africa
Last T20I	8 June 2009 v Sri Lanka
T20I shirt no.	59
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1998/99–2009/10	New South Wales
2004	Gloucestershire
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA Matches 5 116 67 201 Runs scored 70 198 1,007 373 Batting average 17.50 11.64 17.36 9.09 100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/1 0/0 Top score 37 21* 63 21* Balls bowled 1,110 5,759 13,634 10,105 Wickets 12 174 215 278 Bowling average 42.08 24.36 26.06 26.39 5 wickets in innings 0 2 9 3 10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0 Best bowling 4/48 5/47 7/4 5/38 Catches/stumpings 2/– 26/– 18/– 37/–
Medal record Men's Cricket Representing  Australia ICC Cricket World Cup Winner 2003 South Africa-Zimbabwe-Kenya Winner 2007 West Indies ICC Champions Trophy Winner 2006 India
Source: CricketArchive, 19 September 2009

Nathan Wade Bracken (born 12 September 1977) is a former Australian cricketer. A tall left-arm fast-medium bowler, Bracken is capable of swinging the ball both ways. He has represented Australia in all forms of the game. Bracken represented New South Wales in Australian domestic cricket, Eastern Suburbs in Sydney Grade Cricket and also appeared for English County team Gloucestershire in 2004. On 28 January 2011 he announced his retirement from the game due to a chronic knee injury. On 9 February 2012 it was reported that he sued Cricket Australia over the latter's alleged incompetency in managing his knee injury.^[1] With his time representing Australia, Bracken won multiple ICC titles with the team: the 2003 Cricket World Cup, the 2007 Cricket World Cup, and the 2006 ICC Champions Trophy.