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He extended his canny ways as "a bowler who bats". Though no strokemaker, his hard working and stubborn approach to batting made him a key member of many Blues tail-end partnerships. He still jointly holds the Blues First Class tenth wicket partnership record of an unbroken 138* with [[Phil Alley]] against [[Tasmanian cricket team|Tasmania]]. McNamara retired from interstate competition at the end of the 1999-2000 season. |
He extended his canny ways as "a bowler who bats". Though no strokemaker, his hard working and stubborn approach to batting made him a key member of many Blues tail-end partnerships. He still jointly holds the Blues First Class tenth wicket partnership record of an unbroken 138* with [[Phil Alley]] against [[Tasmanian cricket team|Tasmania]]. McNamara retired from interstate competition at the end of the 1999-2000 season. |
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==Channel Nine== |
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After his retirement from cricket, McNamara went to work for Channel Nine, becoming their executive director of cricket. |
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During the 2012-13 summer, [[George Bailey]] led a one day Australian team lacking drawcards [[Dave Warner]] and [[Shane Watson]]. This led to criticism from Channel Nine. Bailey defended the side at a press conference, saying Channel Nine were motivated in part by a desire to talk down the game and thus pay a cheaper price for the TV rights.<ref>[http://www.espncricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/600334.html Byron Coverdale, "Will a crowd show up for weaker Australia?", ''Cricinfo'' 10 January 2013] accessed 15 March 2014</ref> McNamara denied this: |
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<blockquote>Nowhere has Channel Nine ever talked the one-day game down, nowhere have we ever said this is a 'B team'. It's rubbish and George should stick to playing cricket and leave (television) rights to the people who know what they're talking about. I reckon he's got his hands full as it is. He needs to concentrate on staying in the side. And he needs to understand where his money's coming from. Without the TV rights deal, George is probably working in a coalmine or flipping burgers at McDonald's.<ref name="brad">[http://www.theaustralian.com.au/sport/cricket/nine-cricket-boss-brad-mcnamara-takes-aim-at-george-bailey/story-e6frg7rx-1226555987436 "Nine cricket boss Brad McNamara takes aim at George Bailey", ''The Australian'' 17 January 2013] accessed 15 March 2014</ref></blockquote> |
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McNamara's comments were much publicised and criticised at the time, in part because Bailey had been in excellent form.<ref name="brad"/> |
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==Personal life== |
==Personal life== |
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McNamara was [[best man]] at Australian captain [[Steve Waugh]]'s wedding. He plays rhythm guitars, lead guitars and supplies backing vocals for [[Six & Out]], a rock band composed of Blues teammates [[Gavin Robertson]], [[Richard Chee Quee]] and [[Shane Lee|Shane]] and [[Brett Lee]]. |
McNamara was [[best man]] at Australian captain [[Steve Waugh]]'s wedding. He plays rhythm guitars, lead guitars and supplies backing vocals for [[Six & Out]], a rock band composed of Blues teammates [[Gavin Robertson]], [[Richard Chee Quee]] and [[Shane Lee|Shane]] and [[Brett Lee]]. |
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| Full name | Bradley Edward McNamara | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 30 December 1965 Sydney, New South Wales | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-hand bat | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | All-rounder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Bradley Edward "Brad" 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
McNamara was for over a decade an all-rounder for the NSW Blues in Australian domestic cricket. A pugnacious competitor, when without injuries, he was always amongst the first picked for The Blues, particularly in one-day teams. As a medium pace bowler, his strength was his ability to worry batsmen with a shrewd combination of accuracy and unorthodoxy. Off a relatively short run, he combined impeccable line and length with difficult to read "change-up" balls, swing and seam.
McNamara was the "man of the match" in his first List A match for New South Wales.[1]
He extended his canny ways as "a bowler who bats". Though no strokemaker, his hard working and stubborn approach to batting made him a key member of many Blues tail-end partnerships. He still jointly holds the Blues First Class tenth wicket partnership record of an unbroken 138* with Phil Alley against Tasmania. McNamara retired from interstate competition at the end of the 1999-2000 season.
Channel Nine
After his retirement from cricket, McNamara went to work for Channel Nine, becoming their executive director of cricket.
During the 2012-13 summer, George Bailey led a one day Australian team lacking drawcards Dave Warner and Shane Watson. This led to criticism from Channel Nine. Bailey defended the side at a press conference, saying Channel Nine were motivated in part by a desire to talk down the game and thus pay a cheaper price for the TV rights.[2] McNamara denied this:
Nowhere has Channel Nine ever talked the one-day game down, nowhere have we ever said this is a 'B team'. It's rubbish and George should stick to playing cricket and leave (television) rights to the people who know what they're talking about. I reckon he's got his hands full as it is. He needs to concentrate on staying in the side. And he needs to understand where his money's coming from. Without the TV rights deal, George is probably working in a coalmine or flipping burgers at McDonald's.[3]
McNamara's comments were much publicised and criticised at the time, in part because Bailey had been in excellent form.[3]
Personal life
McNamara was best man at Australian captain Steve Waugh's wedding. He plays rhythm guitars, lead guitars and supplies backing vocals for Six & Out, a rock band composed of Blues teammates Gavin Robertson, Richard Chee Quee and Shane and Brett Lee.
References
- ^ Kogoy, Peter (29 October 1989). "Blues roll in". Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 3 March 2012.
- ^ Byron Coverdale, "Will a crowd show up for weaker Australia?", Cricinfo 10 January 2013 accessed 15 March 2014
- ^ a b "Nine cricket boss Brad McNamara takes aim at George Bailey", The Australian 17 January 2013 accessed 15 March 2014