John Bracewell
John Bracewell
John Garry Bracewellis a New Zealand cricketer and coach. He played 41 Test matches between 1979–80 and 1990, as well as 53 One Day Internationals. He has been the coach of the New Zealand cricket team since the autumn of 2003. His brother Brendon also played Test cricket, and his brothers Douglas and Mark also played at first-class level. John Bracewell is the uncle of test representative Doug Bracewell and first-class representative Michael Bracewell...
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Chris Cairns was not selected due to issues with his cricket fitness
batter central districts hopeful next return round selected
If selected he'll return for Central Districts as a batter in the next (State Championship) round (next week). So we're hopeful there will be progress.
bat bowler consider extra pulling
If we bat first and collapse, we would consider pulling a bowler out and introducing an extra batsman.
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How and Fulton have been selected after showing consistent form in domestic cricket and New Zealand A.
both chat hour issue sat tough
We sat down for a long chat about the issue and it was a pretty tough hour for both of us, because we go back a long way,
hard retain
Undoubtedly, yes. It would've been (hard to retain him).
considered cricket later return
He will be considered for a return to international cricket later in the summer,
bottom priority remaining win
Our priority is to win the remaining (ODI) matches. That's the bottom line.
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I think they will tend to spread the load around the bowling group and that should be our strength.
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Jacob has started bowling over the past couple of days and has been running for some time.
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Kallis is probably one of the best defensive players in the world. He demonstrated that up north on a difficult pitch, and he did the same in this match, keeping the bowlers at bay for long periods.
deserves investment second term
He is a long term investment and deserves to be retained for a second tour.
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He is focused on playing in the World Cup and will have plenty of opportunity to return to form and full match fitness over the domestic season,
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He has shown great commitment in returning to full fitness this season and I believe that he had the ability to push towards the World Cup, if that is what he desired.