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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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.
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How and Fulton have been selected after showing consistent form in domestic cricket and New Zealand A.
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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.
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Chris Cairns was not selected due to issues with his cricket fitness
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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,
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We felt they should return to domestic cricket to work on their batting before being reconsidered for selection.
hard retain
Undoubtedly, yes. It would've been (hard to retain him).
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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.
option terms
If we haven't got an option in terms of captaincy over there (West Indies), then I think we're being silly.
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.
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Lou continually said that he didn't see himself as an opener and would prefer to bat in the middle order.
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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.
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I think they will tend to spread the load around the bowling group and that should be our strength.
altitude games
We've timed part of our altitude conditioning with the warm-up games but don't see that as an issue.