Full Name

Michael Gordon Bracewell

Born

February 14, 1991, Masterton, Wairarapa

Age

33y 34d

Batting Style

Left hand Bat

Bowling Style

Right arm Offbreak

Fielding Position

Wicketkeeper

Playing Role

Batting Allrounder

RELATIONS

(uncle),

(uncle),

(father),

(uncle),

(cousin)

The latest member of the Bracewell dynasty to represent New Zealand, Michael made a late introduction to international cricket when he was handed his ODI cap in 2022, playing three times against Netherlands. He was subsequently included in New Zealand's squad for their Test tour of England, and won a debut at Trent Bridge after the captain, Kane Williamson, was ruled out by a positive Covid test on the eve of the match.

Bracewell played alongside his cousin Doug at the 2010 Under-19 World Cup, but spent the next decade plying his trade at domestic level. In 2020-21, he made 725 runs with four hundreds - one of them for New Zealand A - and the following summer he was the leading run-scorer in the T20 Super Smash, which resulted in a maiden senior call-up for the Netherlands tour.

Nephew of former internationals John and Brendon, and son of Otago first-class cricketer Mark, it should be no surprise that Michael began playing cricket when he was five. He started out like his hero Adam Gilchrist, as a left-hand top-order wicketkeeper-batter, before developing his offspin as a useful second string later in his career.
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Michael Bracewell Career Stats

Batting & Fielding

FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAveBFSR100s50s4s6sCtSt
Tests814125974*19.9245457.0401342120
ODIs1916451014042.50430118.6020452490
T20Is1611511361*18.8381139.500110580
FC10518614556119032.331054152.751123702551070
List A1291209377514034.00418890.1342636486630
T20s135117302584141*29.701921134.51115207106801

Bowling

FormatMatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
Tests81615511003244/755/15041.793.8864.6100
ODIs1919738634153/213/2142.265.1549.2000
T20Is1614245219213/53/510.425.3611.6000
FC1055440392377598/418/9140.283.5368.4220
List A1294416971452383/213/2138.215.1344.6000
T20s135498541055584/284/2818.187.4114.7100
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Devon Conway, Rachin Ravindra, Michael Bracewell and Tom Latham at the New Zealand Cricket awards
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Michael Bracewell got Nitish Rana via DRS