23 Facts About Nathan Bracken

Nathan Wade Bracken was born on 12 September 1977 and is a former Australian cricketer.

Nathan Bracken has represented Australia in all forms of the game.

Nathan Bracken represented New South Wales in Australian domestic cricket, Eastern Suburbs in Sydney Grade Cricket and appeared for English County team Gloucestershire in 2004.

Nathan Bracken was born in Penrith, New South Wales to parents Gordon and Robin.

Nathan Bracken spent his childhood living in the Blue Mountains region of New South Wales, attending Faulconbridge Primary and Springwood High School.

Nathan Bracken is studying for an undergraduate degree in communications.

Nathan Bracken contested the Australian House of Representatives seat of Dobell as an independent against sitting member Craig Thomson at the 2013 federal election and received an 8.2 percent primary vote.

Nathan Bracken finished the season as New South Wales second leading wicket-taker behind Stuart MacGill with 29 wickets at 23.72.

Nathan Bracken had a successful season , claiming 24 wickets at 31.79 and finishing behind Stuart Clark as the second leading wicket taker for New South Wales.

Nathan Bracken played in all 11 matches and took 43 wickets at an average of 18.79.

Nathan Bracken played an enormous part in New South Wales' thrilling 1 wicket win in the final against Queensland, winning Man of the Match.

Nathan Bracken still performed strongly in his few games, taking 13 wickets at 17.53.

Nathan Bracken made his List A debut for New South Wales against the now defunct Canberra Comets on 31 October 1998 at Manuka Oval, Canberra.

In December 2005, Nathan Bracken played the 1st Test against South Africa at the WACA Ground before being dropped in favour of Stuart MacGill.

Nathan Bracken has not played another Test since then due to the rise of Stuart Clark and Mitchell Johnson however in February 2008 he claimed that he was still eager to claim a spot in the Test team.

Nathan Bracken made his debut for Australia on 11 January 2001 against the West Indies.

However, after Jason Gillespie was dropped from the national side, Nathan Bracken returned for the 2005 ICC Super Series against the World XI.

Nathan Bracken was the only bowler in the match to concede less than 7 runs an over.

Nathan Bracken's consistency was rewarded with a place in the 2007 World Cup winning team and took 16 wickets during the campaign.

Nathan Bracken was named in the ICC World ODI team of the year in 2008 and awarded Australia's ODI player of the year at the 2009 Allan Border Medal ceremony.

Nathan Bracken played his last ODI on 17 September 2009 after succumbing to a knee injury and being ruled out of the 2009 ICC Champions Trophy.

Nathan Bracken later announced he would quit from all forms of international cricket on 29 January 2011.

Nathan Bracken finished with 174 ODI wickets at an average of 24.36 and proved to be a vital member of the Australian One Day International side during his career.