7 Dec 2011

Young pace bowler ironing out no-ball problems

1:07 pm on 7 December 2011

The young New Zealand cricket all rounder Doug Bracewell is feverishly trying to fix a no-ball problem that cost his side dearly in the first Test loss to Australia.

Bracewell bowled five no-balls in the Brisbane Test, including one which was revealed after he'd bowled the Australian captain Michael Clarke when he was just 23, allowing him to amass a match-changing 139.

Bracewell says he's been hurting and accepting some responsibility for their loss at the Gabba after which captain Ross Taylor ran a truth session.