James Antony Brayshaw is a former state
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and now Australian
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and
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personality. As a cricketer he was known as
Jamie Brayshaw. He is the son of former
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n cricketer and Australian rules footballer
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, and the brother of
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, a former Kangaroos AFL player. He is currently serving as Chairman of the
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.
Cricket career
Playing for South Australia and Western Australia, he had a career spanning almost a decade. In that time, he was a consistent batsman, with a
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of 42.53.
Early career
In the 1990s, Brayshaw worked for the
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in Adelaide. This included being a substitute sports anchor for the
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bulletin and working on local football discussion programs, such as
Footy Plus. In early 1998 James was teamed up with
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and Paul Gale on Adelaide's SAFM, which eventually became that city's number one rating breakfast show. One memorable on-air incident at SAFM saw him covered in Adelaide bodypaint after the club he supports, North Melbourne, lost the 1998
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to them.
Recent years
In 2001 his big break came as the host of the
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's
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(
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) action with
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, but later moved to the
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when the
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was transferred. He became the nightly anchor for the
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sport report, as well as contributing to other sports programs on the network, eventually becoming a regular commentator in both football and cricket coverage. In 2005, Brayshaw co-hosted
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with
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and
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.
In 2006, Brayshaw (along with Garry Lyon) replaced
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as host of
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, a position he currently holds. Additionally, he co-hosted the morning sessions of the
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with Lyon. Apart from his television commitments, he works for radio station
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, as a host and commentator of their
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coverage. He also worked as a full-time co-host on breakfast program
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before it was axed in 2007. Previously he has been part of the
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-based show via his home studio in the
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Hills.
Brayshaw was installed as Chairman of the North Melbourne Football Club on 6 December 2007 after the club rejected the AFL's deal to permanently relocate to the Gold Coast.
In September 2007, Brayshaw announced that he will be leaving
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to spend more time with his family - just before the program was cancelled due to high costs and poor ratings.
Brayshaw currently hosts the Sunday Footy Show, along side panellists Dermott Bereton, Nathan Brown, Shane Crawford and Billy Brownless. He has also hosted the Australian version of
Wipeout with Josh Lawson.
For the duration of the 2010 Winter Olympics games in Vancouver, Brayshaw took on a commentary role for various skiing events alongside Michael Kennedy, former international moguls skier, dual Winter Olympics coach and current CEO of Ski and Snowboard Australia, in calling the moguls competition. Brayshaw teamed up with three-time Australian snowboard champion, Jay Onley, to call the action from the Olympic snowboard competition.
In June 2011, Brayshaw was announced as the President of the T20 Big bash competition team, the
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.
Personal life
- In a tragic accident on 20 September 2006, his sister Sally was killed instantly after the facade of her garage collapsed on top of her.
- Brayshaw and his wife Sarah have four sons.
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