Grant Eric Bradburn (born 26 May 1966 in

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) is a New Zealand cricket coach and former

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er. A tall right-arm

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bowler and lower-order batsman, Bradburn played seven

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and eleven

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s between 1990 and 2001. He also played domestically for

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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

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. He was the fielding coach of the

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from 2018 to 2021 and served as the head of High Performance Coaching at the National Cricket Academy in Lahore, Pakistan.

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 from 1-8. Bradburn's most successful season came in 1989/90 season batting at number 4, promoting a debut call up to the NZ side to tour Pakistan in 1990. Bradburns international career seemed over when he was left out of the

side after the 1992/93 series in

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, but he was recalled in 2000/01 at the age of 35 although without any great success. In all, he played seven

and 11

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and ended his career as the player with most appearances for

with 115 matches with 4614 runs at an average of 27.96.

Coaching career

After retirement he ran a family sports store along with coaching Northern Districts A. When

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was appointed the

coach in 2008, Bradburn filled the spot left by him as

coach for the rest of the season. He was also head coach of New Zealand A and the Under-19 side. In April 2014, Bradburn was named as

's new head coach. His first major job was to get prepare them for 2015 World Cup. Bradburn's appointment was until the end of 2017 and was extended until the end of 2018. On June 10th 2018, Bradburn coached Scotland to an historic 1st ever victory against England in a high scoring ODI at The Grange in Edinburgh. In September 2018, Bradburn was named as

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's new fielding coach for 3 years ahead of

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. He resigned in October 2021, citing family reasons and pursuit of "further coaching opportunities".

Personal life

His father

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also played for

and represented

in 2

. He also owns a hockey/cricket shop.

References

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