Carl Bradfield
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Carl Crispin Bradfield is a former South African cricketer
. Bradfield is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium pace
.
In a career that lasted 14 seasons, he represented Eastern Cape, Border
, Warriors, Huntingdonshire
, Eastern Province
and Eastern Province B
.
Something of a journeyman within South Africa, Bradfield did play 3 List-A matches for Huntingdonshire in English
county cricket
, which was his only spell with an English county. In his 14 year career, he forged a successful, if inconsistent first-class
career. He played 93 first-class matches, where he scored 5,412 runs at a batting average
of 33.20, with 29 half centuries and 9 centuries. His highest score in first-class cricket was 196. In List-A cricket, he played a total of 75 matches, where he scored 1,757 runs at an average of 24.74. In the process, he made 9 half centuries and a single century high score of 109*
. He also took 4 wickets in List-A cricket, at a bowling average
of 21.00 apiece.
Toward the end of his career, Twenty20 cricket was introduced, with Bradfield playing a single match in the format for Eastern Cape against Western Province Boland.
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Cricketer
A cricketer is a person who plays the sport of cricket. Official and long-established cricket publications prefer the traditional word "cricketer" over the rarely used term "cricket player"....
. Bradfield is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium pace
Seam bowling
Seam bowling is a phrase used for a bowling technique in cricket whereby the ball is deliberately bowled on to its seam, to cause a random deviation. Practitioners are known as seam bowlers or seamers....
.
In a career that lasted 14 seasons, he represented Eastern Cape, Border
Border cricket team
Border cricket team is the team representing the Border province in domestic first-class cricket in South Africa. The team began playing in March 1898....
, Warriors, Huntingdonshire
Huntingdonshire County Cricket Club
Huntingdonshire County Cricket Club is one of the county clubs which make up the English domestic cricket structure, representing the county of Huntingdonshire...
, Eastern Province
Eastern Province cricket team
Eastern Province cricket team is the team representing the Eastern Province in domestic first-class cricket in South Africa.-Honours:* Currie Cup - 1988–89, 1991–92; shared - 1989–90* Standard Bank Cup - 1989–90, 1991–92...
and Eastern Province B
Eastern Province cricket team
Eastern Province cricket team is the team representing the Eastern Province in domestic first-class cricket in South Africa.-Honours:* Currie Cup - 1988–89, 1991–92; shared - 1989–90* Standard Bank Cup - 1989–90, 1991–92...
.
Something of a journeyman within South Africa, Bradfield did play 3 List-A matches for Huntingdonshire in English
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
county cricket
County cricket
County cricket is the highest level of domestic cricket in England and Wales. For the 2010 season, see 2010 English cricket season.-First-class counties:...
, which was his only spell with an English county. In his 14 year career, he forged a successful, if inconsistent first-class
First-class cricket
First-class cricket is a class of cricket that consists of matches of three or more days' scheduled duration, that are between two sides of eleven players and are officially adjudged first-class by virtue of the standard of the competing teams...
career. He played 93 first-class matches, where he scored 5,412 runs at a batting average
Batting average
Batting average is a statistic in both cricket and baseball that measures the performance of cricket batsmen and baseball hitters. The two statistics are related in that baseball averages are directly descended from the concept of cricket averages.- Cricket :...
of 33.20, with 29 half centuries and 9 centuries. His highest score in first-class cricket was 196. In List-A cricket, he played a total of 75 matches, where he scored 1,757 runs at an average of 24.74. In the process, he made 9 half centuries and a single century high score of 109*
Not out
In cricket, a batsman will be not out if he comes out to bat in an innings and has not been dismissed by the end of the innings. One may similarly describe a batsman as not out while the innings is still in progress...
. He also took 4 wickets in List-A cricket, at a bowling average
Bowling average
Bowling average is a statistic measuring the performance of bowlers in the sport of cricket.A bowler's bowling average is defined as the total number of runs conceded by the bowlers divided by the number of wickets taken by the bowler, so the lower the average the better. It is similar to earned...
of 21.00 apiece.
Toward the end of his career, Twenty20 cricket was introduced, with Bradfield playing a single match in the format for Eastern Cape against Western Province Boland.
External links
- Carl Bradfield at CricinfoCricinfoESPNcricinfo is believed to be the largest cricket-related website on the World Wide Web. Content includes news,articles, live scorecards,live text commentary and a comprehensive and searchable database called 'StatsGuru', of historical matches and players from the 18th century to the present...
- Carl Bradfield at CricketArchiveCricketArchiveCricketArchive is a website that aims to provide a comprehensive archive of records relating to the sport of cricket. It claims to be the most comprehensive cricket database on the internet, including scorecards for all matches of first-class cricket , List A cricket , Women's Test cricket and...
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