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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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.
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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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As a Test side, they were one of the few sides to leave Australia without their tail between their legs.
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Chris Cairns was not selected due to issues with his cricket fitness
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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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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.
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You can't have a guy who holds every batting record there is and not gain confidence.
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South Africa have been waiting for us for some time and from what I gather they won't have forgotten the outcome of that series,
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Undoubtedly, yes. It would've been (hard to retain him).
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We felt they should return to domestic cricket to work on their batting before being reconsidered for selection.
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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've timed part of our altitude conditioning with the warm-up games but don't see that as an issue.
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We've got a major tournament in India, a major tournament in the West Indies, and the VB Series in Australia so we have to evolve a bowling attack that can win in three different continents.
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What I'm hearing is he's struggling with throwing, he can't throw at the moment but he is making some progress.