Grant Bradburn

Grant Bradburn

Personal information
Full name	Grant Eric Bradburn
Born	(1966-05-26) 26 May 1966 (age 58) Hamilton, New Zealand
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm offbreak
Relations	Wynne Bradburn (father)
International information
National side	New Zealand (1990–2001)
Test debut (cap 172)	10 October 1990 v Pakistan
Last Test	27 March 2001 v Pakistan
ODI debut (cap 71)	4 November 1990 v Pakistan
Last ODI	25 July 2001 v Sri Lanka
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1985/86–2001/02	Northern Districts
Head coaching information
Years	Team
2014–2018	Scotland
2023	Pakistan
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA Matches 7 11 127 138 Runs scored 105 60 4,978 2,289 Batting average 13.12 8.57 27.81 22.00 100s/50s 0/0 0/0 4/30 0/5 Top score 30* 30 148* 80* Balls bowled 867 385 19,624 5,945 Wickets 6 6 250 101 Bowling average 76.66 53.00 32.69 36.68 5 wickets in innings 0 0 4 0 10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0 Best bowling 3/134 2/18 6/56 4/28 Catches/stumpings 6/– 2/– 122/– 62/–
Source: Cricinfo, 13 May 2023

Grant Eric Bradburn (born 26 May 1966) is a New Zealand cricket coach and former international cricketer.

Bradburn was born at Hamilton in 1966. A tall right-arm off-spin bowler and lower-order batsman, Bradburn played seven Test matches and 11 One Day Internationals between 1990 and 2001. He also played domestically for Northern Districts for 16 seasons.

After retiring from playing, Bradburn coached Northern Districts and the New Zealand Under-19s. In April 2014, he was appointed head coach of Scotland.^[1]

He was the fielding coach of the Pakistan national cricket team from 2018 to 2021 and served as the head of High Performance Coaching at the National Cricket Academy in Lahore.^[2] He was the head coach of the Pakistan national cricket team from May 2023 until November 2023.^[3] Bradburn was head coach of Glamorgan County Cricket Club from January 2024 to December 2024.

Playing career

Domestically Bradburn played for Northern Districts for 16 seasons. He was a tall Off Spinner who also batted in a number of positions. Bradburn's most successful season came in 1989/90 season batting at number four, promoting a debut call up to the national side to tour Pakistan in 1990.^{[citation needed]}

Bradburns international career seemed over when he was left out of the New Zealand side after the 1992/93 series in Sri Lanka, but he was recalled in 2000/01 at the age of 35.^{[citation needed]} In all, he played seven Tests and 11 One-Day Internationals and ended his career as the player with most appearances for Northern Districts, playing 115 matches and scoring 4,614 runs at an average of 27.96.^{[citation needed]}

Coaching career

After retirement he ran a family sports store along with coaching Northern Districts A.^{[citation needed]} When Andy Moles was appointed the New Zealand coach in 2008, Bradburn filled the spot left by him as Northern Districts coach for the rest of the season.^[4] He was also head coach of New Zealand A and the Under-19 side.^[5]

In April 2014, Bradburn was named as Scotland's new head coach.^[6] Bradburn's appointment was until the end of 2017 and was extended until the end of 2018.^{[citation needed]} In June 2018, Bradburn coached Scotland to an historic first victory against England in a high scoring ODI at The Grange in Edinburgh.^[7]

In September 2018, Bradburn was named as Pakistan's new fielding coach for three years ahead of the 2018 Asia Cup.^[8] He resigned in October 2021, citing family reasons and pursuit of "further coaching opportunities".^[2] In May 2023, Bradburn was appointed as the head coach of the Pakistan cricket team on a two-year deal.^[9][10]

Bradburn was appointed as head coach at Glamorgan County Cricket Club on a three-year contract in January 2024.^[11][12] He was sacked on 30 December 2024, after being charged with misconduct by the independent cricket regulator following allegations of inappropriate behaviour.^[13][14][15]

Personal life

Bradburn's father Wynne also played for Northern Districts and represented New Zealand in two Test matches.^{[citation needed]}

References

1. "Grant Bradburn is new Scotland head coach". BBC Sport. 28 April 2014. Retrieved 28 April 2014.
2. Siddique, Imran (15 October 2021). "NZ's Grant Bradburn resigns as Pakistan's high-performance coaching head". Dawn. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
3. "Bradburn confirmed as Pakistan men's head coach for next two years". ESPNcricinfo.
4. "Northern Districts win Plunket Shield". ESPNcricinfo.
5. "Grant Bradburn named New Zealand A and U-19 coach". ESPNcricinfo.
6. "Scotland appoint Bradburn as head coach". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 30 December 2024.
7. "Brilliant Scotland back up Calum MacLeod's 140* to seal first-ever win over England". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 30 December 2024.
8. "PCB appoints Grant Bradburn as Fielding Coach Pakistan Cricket Team". pcb.com.pk. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
9. "Morne Morkel set to be Pakistan's bowling coach, Mickey Arthur to be consultant". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 30 March 2023.
10. "Grant Bradburn confirmed as Pakistan men's head coach". DAWN. 13 May 2023.
11. "Grant Bradburn: Former Pakistan coach takes charge at Glamorgan". BBC Sport. Retrieved 30 December 2024.
12. "Glamorgan County Cricket Club announces Grant Bradburn as new Head Coach". Glamorgan County Cricket Club. Retrieved 30 December 2024.
13. "Glamorgan sack coach Bradburn after misconduct charge". BBC Sport. Retrieved 30 December 2024.
14. "Glamorgan sack coach Grant Bradburn after allegations of inappropriate behaviour". The Independent. Retrieved 30 December 2024.
15. "Glamorgan sack coach after receiving allegations of inappropriate behaviour". Wales Online. Retrieved 30 December 2024.