Brendon Paul Julian (born 10 August 1970) is a former Australian

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er who played in 7

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and 25 ODIs from 1993 to 1999. He was an AIS

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scholarship holder in 1989. Standing at 6' 5", he was a dangerous left-arm fast-medium bowler and a tremendously hard-hitting right-handed late-middle order

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, he was regarded as a prospect to become an

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Domestic career

He is particularly remembered for the

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finals of 1997–98 and 1998–99, in which innings of 124 and 84 respectively played major roles in leading the

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to back-to-back titles.

International career

He had two short spells in the Australian Test team. His first stint was in the 1993 Ashes tour against

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when he scored a gritty 56*, and secondly his tight and penetrative bowling spells in the history making

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tour of 1995 when in the absence of injured

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and

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, he and

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undertook new ball responsibilities. He was a regular member of the One-day team during 1998 and 1999, being a member of the winning squad at the

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, despite being confined to the bench for the majority of the tournament. He was dropped after the tournament.

Commentary career

He retired in 2001 to become a presenter in the travel programme '' Getaway'' for Channel 9 in Australia. He later presented sports news on ''

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'', before moving to

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. On Fox Sports he is a commentator on domestic cricket matches, host of 'Inside Cricket' and hosting Australia's 2009 and 2018 tours of South Africa.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Julian, Brendon 1970 births Living people Australia One Day International cricketers Australia Test cricketers Cricketers at the 1999 Cricket World Cup Australian television presenters Western Australia cricketers Surrey cricketers People educated at Guildford Grammar School Cricketers from Hamilton, New Zealand Australian cricketers Australian Institute of Sport cricketers Australian sports journalists New Zealand emigrants to Australia Commonwealth Games medallists in cricket Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Australia Cricketers at the 1998 Commonwealth Games