Brad McNamara
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| Full name | Bradley Edward McNamara | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 30 December 1965 Sydney, New South Wales | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | 'Buzzard ' | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-hand bat | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | All-rounder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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
[edit]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
[edit]After his retirement from cricket, McNamara went to work for Channel Nine, becoming their Executive Producer of cricket.
On 6 July 2016, it was announced that McNamara was leaving the network after 17 years. McNamara was quoted as saying "it’s time for him to do something else"[4]
Personal life
[edit]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
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c d Polack, John (July 2000). "Brad McNamara profile". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
- ^ Kogoy, Peter (29 October 1989). "Blues roll in". The Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 3 March 2012.
- ^ "Highest Partnerships for New South Wales against Tasmania". CricketArchive. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
- ^ "Channel Nine cricket producer Brad McNamara quits network after 18 years". The Guardian. 6 July 2016. Retrieved 21 February 2018.