Michael Bracewell (born 14 February 1991) is a New Zealand

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er who plays for

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. He is the nephew of former

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players Brendon and

John Bracewell John Garry Bracewell (born 15 April 1958) is a former New Zealand cricketer who was most recently the coach of the Irish national team. He played 41 Test matches between 1980 and 1990, as well as 53 One Day Internationals. He was the second N ...

, and the cousin of current international player

Doug Bracewell Douglas Andrew John Bracewell (born 28 September 1990) is an international New Zealand cricketer who currently plays for Central Districts. He is a right-handed batsman and bowls right-arm fast-medium pace. He is the son of former Test cricket ...

and comedian

Melanie Bracewell Melanie Bracewell (born July 19, 1995) is a New Zealand comedian, actress and scriptwriter. In 2018, Bracewell won New Zealand's Billy T Award. Life and career Bracewell grew up in Beach Haven in Auckland's North Shore, and is a niece of ...

. He attended

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. He made his international debut for the

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in March 2022.

Career

In June 2018, he was awarded a contract with

for the 2018–19 season. In March 2020, in round six of the 2019–20 Plunket Shield season, Bracewell took his maiden

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in first-class cricket. In June 2020, he was offered a contract by Wellington ahead of the 2020–21 domestic cricket season. On 8 January 2022, in the 2021–22 Super Smash tournament, Bracewell scored 141

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for the Wellington Firebirds against the

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. It was the highest score in a

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cricket match in New Zealand. In March 2022, Bracewell was named in New Zealand's

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(ODI) and

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(T20I) squads for their home series against the Netherlands. He made his ODI debut on 29 March 2022, for New Zealand against the

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. In May 2022, Bracewell was named in New Zealand's

squad for their tour of England. He made his Test debut on 10 June 2022, for New Zealand against

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. In July 2022, in the first match of the series against Ireland, Bracewell scored his first century in ODI cricket. Bracewell made his T20I debut on 18 July 2022, for New Zealand against

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. Two days later, in the next match of the series against Ireland, Bracewell took his first hat-trick in T20I cricket in the first over he bowled in an international match.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bracewell, Michael 1991 births Living people New Zealand cricketers New Zealand Test cricketers New Zealand One Day International cricketers New Zealand Twenty20 International cricketers Twenty20 International hat-trick takers Otago cricketers Wellington cricketers Cricketers from Masterton

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