John Garry Bracewell was born on 15 April 1958 and is a former New Zealand cricketer who was most recently the coach of the Irish national team.
13 Facts About John Bracewell
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John Bracewell played 41 Test matches between 1980 and 1990, as well as 53 One Day Internationals.
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John Bracewell was the second New Zealand cricketer to score 1000 runs and take 100 wickets in Test cricket.
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John Bracewell was the coach of the New Zealand cricket team between September 2003 and November 2008.
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John Bracewell was educated at Tauranga Boys' College and was in the 1st XI from 1973 to 1976.
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John Bracewell is the uncle of test representatives Doug Bracewell and Michael Bracewell.
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John Bracewell holds the record for the longest ODI career without scoring a half-century or taking a three-wicket haul.
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John Bracewell scored four first-class centuries in all as part of the 4,354 first class runs during a career for Auckland and Otago.
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John Bracewell still has the record for the most catches taken by a substitute fielder in an ODI innings with 4 and the only substitute fielder to take 4 catches in an ODI.
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John Bracewell 'revealed' that Adam Gilchrist ducked out of the One-Day match in Hobart because of family issues, but shortly afterwards, Bracewell withdrew these comments and issued an official apology.
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John Bracewell was appointed head coach of the Ireland cricket team after the 2015 Cricket World Cup.
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John Bracewell resigned in July 2017, having overseen the team at the 2016 ICC World Twenty20.
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In 1990, John Bracewell was awarded the New Zealand 1990 Commemoration Medal.