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...
altitude games
We've timed part of our altitude conditioning with the warm-up games but don't see that as an issue.
asked couple game next playing ponder rebuild rest strength test win
Some guys, who may be playing in the test series, may need a game or two off to rest and rebuild their strength and that is something I've asked the selectors to ponder over the next couple of days. But we need to win on Saturday, so it's first things first.
almost balances game runs saving
His fielding is saving us 30 runs a game ... and that's important. It almost balances the ledger.
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Their A side has been strong for quite some time. They will be good warm-up games and give us a decent measure of where we are at since the Indian series,
batting cricket domestic felt return work
We felt they should return to domestic cricket to work on their batting before being reconsidered for selection.
believe conscious continuity decision form lack recent retain select squad turn wholesale within
The selectors were unanimous in the decision to select Hamish. We acknowledge his recent lack of form but believe he will turn it around. We were also conscious of the need to retain continuity within the squad and not to make wholesale changes.
admitted area battle certainly couple gone hard hopefully matches stay struggled teams test
He's admitted a couple of times that he's struggled to stay in the battle when teams have gone hard at him, but he has certainly progressed in that area in test matches and hopefully will do on this tour.
option terms
If we haven't got an option in terms of captaincy over there (West Indies), then I think we're being silly.
bat himself middle opener prefer
Lou continually said that he didn't see himself as an opener and would prefer to bat in the middle order.
club considered cricket groin mills recent recovering returning series strain team weekend
Mills is recovering from his groin strain but does not have enough recent cricket to be considered for section. He will be returning to club cricket this weekend before the team for the remainder of the one-day series is announced.
expected rethink
Now we have to rethink that because they are a lot fresher then we expected them to be at the end of the season.
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).
everybody resources stretched time
Everybody has their resources stretched from time to time.