Nathan Bracken

Nathan Bracken is a retired professional cricket player from Australia. He played for New South Wales and also shortly for Gloucestershire. He announced his retirement in 2011 after dealing with a chronic knee injury.

Player Profile and Personal Life

Nathan Wade Bracken was born on September 12, 1977, in Penrith, New South Wales, Australia. He is a tall bowler, standing at 195 cm tall and he has a left-arm fast-medium pace when bowling.

He is married to Australian model Haley Bracken.

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Role	Bowler
Height / weight	1.95 m /
Born	12 Sep 1977
Nationality	Australia
Playing Style	Right Handed
Nickname	Bracks

Team History
New South Wales Blues	1998 - 2010
Australia	2001 - 2009
Gloucestershire County	2004

Career

He started his professional career in the 1998-1999 season, playing for New South Wales.

In October 1998, he made his first-class debut against Queensland for New South Wales at Manuka Oval Canberra. Due to his good performance, he was given a place in the Australian team for the 2001 Ashes tour.

2002-03 was not a very good season for Bracken as he could take just 16 wickets in 6 matches at an average of 36.62. Bracken made his Test debut in 2003-04 and the result was that he participated for New South Wales less frequently. Despite this condition, he took part in 4 matches and took 16 wickets at an average of 24.75.

Till today Bracken’s best season for New South Wales was 2004-05 in which he participated in all 11 matches and had 43 wickets against his name at an average of 18.79. In this season Bracken displayed several memorable performances.

In one of these, he had a phenomenal spell of 7 for 4 off 7 overs on 2nd December 2004 due to which South Australia was dismissed for just 29 runs at the Sydney Cricket Ground. Bracken was recalled to the Test team in 2005-06.

On 4th December 2003, Bracken made his Test debut for Australia against India replacing the injured Glenn McGrath.

Bracken was not included in the Test team for about 2 years due to the strength of pace bowling in Australia. For the 1st Test of the 2005-06 Frank Worrell Trophy he was recalled in the Australian side to play against West Indies in Brisbane.

After this Test match, Bracken did not play in another Test due to the rising of Mitchell Johnson and Stuart Clark. In February 2008, Bracken revealed that he was eager to play in Tests.

Retirement

Bracken announced that he was retiring from cricket in 2011. He had been dealing with a chronic knee injury for some time prior.

Later, it was reported that he had sued Cricket Australia for the way they had handled his knee issues.

Major Achievements

On 6th November 2005, while playing at the Brisbane Cricket Ground against the West Indies, Bracken exhibited the best bowling figures in Tests of 4 for 48 in 16 overs.

On 8th February 2008 while playing against Sri Lanka at the Sydney Cricket Ground he had the best bowling figures in one-day Internationals of 5 for 47 in 8.3 overs.