Jamie Lee Brazier (born 19 April 1975) is a Papua New Guinean cricketer.[1] A right-handed batsman and off spin bowler, he has played for the Papua New Guinea national cricket team since 2001.[2]

Jamie Brazier
Personal information
Full name
Jamie Lee Brazier
Born (1975-04-19) 19 April 1975 (age 49)
Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
BattingRight-handed
BowlingOff spin
RoleAll-rounder
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2005 Papua New Guinea
List A debut1 July 2005 Papua New Guinea v Netherlands
Last List A11 July 2005 Papua New Guinea v Uganda
Career statistics
Competition List A ICC Trophy
Matches 7 12
Runs scored 67 161
Batting average 9.57 13.41
100s/50s 0/0 0/1
Top score 17 53
Balls bowled 216 216
Wickets 6 6
Bowling average 21.83 21.83
5 wickets in innings 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0
Best bowling 3/24 3/24
Catches/stumpings 4/0 4/0
Source: CricketArchive, 14 July 2008

Personal life edit

Born in Port Moresby in 1975,[2] Jamie Brazier was educated at Murray International Primary School in his home town before attending Barker College in Sydney. He then moved on to Newcastle High School before attending Oxford University, where he gained a degree in law. Outside of cricket, he works as branch manager of a pest control business in Port Moresby.[1]

Cricket career edit

Jamie Brazier made his debut for Papua New Guinea in an ICC Trophy warm-up match against Scotland at the Kaiteur Cricket Club in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada.[3] He played five matches in the tournament itself.[4] He represented Papua New Guinea at the 2003 South Pacific Games in Fiji, winning a gold medal in the cricket tournament.[5]

The following year, he played for a combined East Asia Pacific team in the Australian National Country Cricket Championships. He has played in the tournament every year since. In 2005 he played in the repêchage tournament of the 2005 ICC Trophy.[3] Papua New Guinea won the tournament after beating Fiji in the final. Brazier was named man of the match in the final.[6] This qualified them for the 2005 ICC Trophy in Ireland in which Brazier played, making his List A debut.[7]

He most recently represented his country at Division Three of the World Cricket League in Darwin in 2007.[3]

References edit

  1. ^ a b Cricinfo profile
  2. ^ a b CricketArchive profile
  3. ^ a b c Other matches played by Jamie Brazier at CricketArchive
  4. ^ ICC Trophy matches played by Jamie Brazier at CricketArchive
  5. ^ Scorecard Archived 2007-11-30 at the Wayback Machine of Fiji v Papua New Guinea, 9 August 2003 at tournament official site
  6. ^ Scorecard of Fiji v Papua New Guinea, 27 February 2005 at CricketArchive
  7. ^ List A matches played by Jamie Brazier at CricketArchive