John Bracewell

John Bracewell
Personal information
Full name
John Garry Bracewell
Born (1958-04-15) 15 April 1958 (age 66)
Auckland, New Zealand
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight arm off break
Relations
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 147)28 November 1980 v Australia
Last Test10 July 1990 v England
ODI debut (cap 46)11 June 1983 v Pakistan
Last ODI1 May 1990 v Pakistan
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1981/82Otago
1982/83–1989/90Auckland
Head coaching information
YearsTeam
2003–2008New Zealand
2015–2017Ireland
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 41 53 149 107
Runs scored 1,001 512 4,354 1,374
Batting average 20.42 16.51 25.91 20.20
100s/50s 1/4 0/0 4/21 0/3
Top score 110 43 110 66
Balls bowled 8,403 2,447 32,351 5,001
Wickets 102 33 522 90
Bowling average 35.81 57.09 26.66 35.23
5 wickets in innings 4 0 33 0
10 wickets in match 1 0 9 0
Best bowling 6/32 2/3 8/81 3/19
Catches/stumpings 31/– 19/– 125/– 40/–
Source: Cricinfo, 26 April 2017

John Garry Bracewell (born 15 April 1958) is a former New Zealand cricketer who was most recently the coach of the Irish national team. He played 41 Test matches between 1980 and 1990, as well as 53 One Day Internationals. He was the second New Zealand cricketer to score 1000 runs and take 100 wickets in Test cricket.[1]

He was the coach of the New Zealand cricket team between September 2003 and November 2008. His brother Brendon also played Test cricket, while his brothers Douglas and Mark played at first-class level. He was educated at Tauranga Boys' College and was in the 1st XI from 1973 to 1976. John Bracewell is the uncle of test representatives Doug Bracewell and Michael Bracewell.[2]

  1. ^ Taylor, Alister; Coddington, Deborah (1994). Honoured by the Queen – New Zealand. Auckland: New Zealand Who's Who Aotearoa. p. 74. ISBN 0-908578-34-2.
  2. ^ Smyth, Rob (January 2009). "Player Profile: John Bracewell". CricInfo. Retrieved 14 October 2009.