Doug Bracewell Retires From International Cricket: In international cricket, fierce competition is seen in the matches played between Australia and New Zealand. However, in Test cricket, Australia has dominated New Zealand in the last one and a half decade. New Zealand has not been able to win a Test over Australia since 2011. All-rounder Doug Bracewell, who led New Zealand to its last Test win over Australia in 2011, has retired from all formats of cricket. New Zealand Cricket has informed about Doug Bracewell’s retirement from all formats of cricket through its social media page. 35-year-old Doug Bracewell made his debut for New Zealand in all three formats in 2011 against Zimbabwe.
Doug Bracewell gave the best performance of his career in 2011
Doug Bracewell gave the best performance of his career in 2011 against Australia on its own soil. In the year 2011, New Zealand was on a tour of Australia for a two-Test series. In the first Test played in Brisbane, New Zealand had to face defeat by 9 wickets. The second test was played in Hobart. New Zealand won this match by 7 wickets and leveled the series. Doug Bracewell played a memorable role in helping the team win by 7 runs by taking a total of 9 wickets including 3 wickets in the first innings of this match and 6 wickets in the second innings. New Zealand Cricket has mentioned this performance of Bracewell on its X account and wished him all the best for his career.
This has been Doug Bracewell’s career.
Doug Bracewell’s career has been full of ups and downs. He was in and out of the team several times. He played his last international match, which was a Test, against Sri Lanka in March 2023. Between 2011 and 2023, Doug Bracewell played 28 Tests, 21 ODIs and 20 T20s for New Zealand. He has 568 runs and 74 wickets in Test, 221 runs and 26 wickets in ODI, and 126 runs and 20 wickets in 11 innings of T20 International.
