http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Nathan-Bracken-c2068 bids adieu to cricket due to persistent injury
Australia’s talented swing bowler Nathan Bracken has called it quits from all forms of cricket due to persistent knee injury that has forced him out of action for almost two years.
“I really have enjoyed my cricket both internationally and domestically,” Bracken stated on Saturday, announcing that the injuries have taken its toll.
The left-arm bowler was ranked as World’s No. 1 One Day International (ODI) bowler back in 2008. However, Bracken’s injury woes have restricted him to limited appearances in the domestic season and Australia’s national team since 2008.
The 33-year-old specialist bowler last appeared for Australia in England, two years ago in September and was the key member of Australia’s 2007 World Cup winning team in the Caribbean.
Bracken admitted that he has done everything to change his bowling style, to relieve him of pain-free bowling but the medical team advised him against it.
“...I have also looked at altering my bowling action to reduce any further damage in my knee...but it hasn’t,” Bracken stated.
The Australian ODI player of the year 2009 made his debut in 2001 against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758.
But the Allan Border medal winner of 2009 will always be remembered for taking 7 wickets off 4 runs, just in seven overs, for http://www.senore.com/Cricket/South-Australia-c844 were
embarrassed at 29 runs only. Yet, Bracken’s haul in the limited-overs was never replicated in his Test career.
He found himself thrusting into the role of Australia’s leading attacker when injuries ruled out Australian greats Brett Lee, Glenn McGrath, and Jason Gillespie.
However, Bracken himself had a long-lasting relation with injuries, from hamstring injuries to calf strains and he finally succumbed to a battered knee.
His manager Rob Horton told the media that his body was telling him to finally close the curtain on his career.
The effective swing bowler called on coaches to spend more time with the players so that they could work on individual deficiencies.
An emotional Bracken thanked his mentor, left-armer Bruce http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Reid-c84647, to have made his “career a lot easier.”
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