Brad McNamara

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Brad McNamara
Personal information
Full nameBradley Edward McNamara
Born (1965-12-30) 30 December 1965 (age 56)
Sydney, New South Wales
Nickname'Buzzard '
BattingRight-hand bat
BowlingRight-arm medium
RoleAll-rounder
Career statistics
Competition FC LA
Matches 59 47
Runs scored 2195 473
Batting average 27.78 18.19
100s/50s 2/11 0/2
Top score 137* 65*
Balls bowled 6591 2176
Wickets 116 60
Bowling average 26.82 23.41
5 wickets in innings 5 1
10 wickets in match 0 n/a
Best bowling 6/43 6/25
Catches/stumpings 35/– 14/–
Source: CricketArchive, 11 January 2013

Bradley Edward McNamara (born 30 December 1965) is a former Australian cricketer who played for New South Wales during the late 1980s and early 1990s. Born in Sydney, McNamara was a right-handed bowling all-rounder, and played for the Australian national under-19 cricket team before playing for New South Wales. In 1999, at the end of his career, he also appeared in a single limited-overs match for the Middlesex Cricket Board.

First-class career[]

McNamara was an all-rounder for the NSW Blues in Australian domestic cricket for over a decade. When without injuries he was a regular selection for the Blues, particularly in one-day teams.[1]

As a medium pace bowler, his strength was his ability to worry batsmen with a combination of accuracy and unpredictability.[1] Off a relatively short run, he combined good line and length with difficult to read "change-up" balls, swing and seam.[1]

McNamara was the "man of the match" in his first List A match for New South Wales.[2]

While not noted for big hitting, his hard working and stubborn approach to batting made him a key member of many Blues tail-end partnerships.[1] He still jointly holds the Blues first-class tenth wicket partnership record against Tasmania, an unbroken 138-run stand with Phil Alley.[3] McNamara retired from interstate competition at the end of the 1999–2000 season.

Channel Nine[]

After his retirement from cricket, McNamara went to work for Channel Nine, becoming their executive director of cricket.

On 6 July 2016, it was announced that McNamara was leaving the network. McNamara was quoted as saying "it’s time for him to do something else"[4]

Personal life[]

McNamara was best man at Australian captain Steve Waugh's wedding. He played rhythm guitar, lead guitar and supplied backing vocals for Six & Out, a cricket-themed rock band composed of Blues teammates Gavin Robertson, Richard Chee Quee and Shane and Brett Lee.

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d Polack, John (July 2000). "Brad McNamara profile". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
  2. ^ Kogoy, Peter (29 October 1989). "Blues roll in". The Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 3 March 2012.
  3. ^ "Highest Partnerships for New South Wales against Tasmania". CricketArchive. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
  4. ^ "Channel Nine cricket producer Brad McNamara quits network after 18 years". The Guardian. 6 July 2016. Retrieved 21 February 2018.

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