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Brad McNamara
Australia
Player profile
Full name Bradley Edward McNamara
Born December 30, 1965, Sydney, New South Wales
Current age 42 years 283 days
Major teams Middlesex Cricket Board, New South Wales
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium
Batting and fielding averages
|
Mat |
Inns |
NO |
Runs |
HS |
Ave |
100 |
50 |
Ct |
St |
| First-class |
59 |
93 |
14 |
2195 |
137* |
27.78 |
2 |
11 |
35 |
0 |
| List A |
47 |
38 |
12 |
473 |
65* |
18.19 |
0 |
2 |
14 |
0 |
Bowling averages
|
Mat |
Balls |
Runs |
Wkts |
BBI |
BBM |
Ave |
Econ |
SR |
4w |
5w |
10 |
| First-class |
59 |
6591 |
3112 |
116 |
6/43 |
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26.82 |
2.83 |
56.8 |
|
5 |
0 |
| List A |
47 |
2176 |
1405 |
60 |
6/25 |
6/25 |
23.41 |
3.87 |
36.2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
Career statistics
| First-class span |
1989/90 - 1998/99 |
| List A span |
1989/90 - 1999/00 |
Over more than a decade, Brad McNamara was a feisty all-rounder for New
South Wales in Australian domestic cricket. An indomitable competitor who
was among the first picked for the Blues (especially in one-day teams) when
fit, the most pronounced of McNamara's strengths was his ability to trouble
batsmen with his accurate and awkward medium pace bowling. From a
relatively slow, short jog to the wicket, he applied pressure with a mixture
of well concealed changes in pace, wobbling swing, subtle movement off the
seam, and a capacity to maintain an impeccable line on or around the off
stump. McNamara's shrewd approach also extended to his batting. He was
never a particularly commanding strokemaker but he was certainly a hard
working, gritty and stubborn member of the lower order and was at the heart
of many resilient tailend fightbacks for the Blues. As a case in point, his
name still features in the state's all-time record partnership (an unbroken
138 with Phil Alley) for the tenth wicket against Tasmania. McNamara, who
was best man at Australian captain Steve Waugh's wedding, retired from
interstate competition at the end of the 1999-2000 season. (John Polack,
July 2000)
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