Michael Bracewell
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Oct 8, 2026
Guy HeveldtHOST
is going to chat to us.
Guy HeveldtHOST
Michael Bracewell opting for a casual contract off the back of Mark Chapman doing the same thing.
Guy HeveldtHOST
What does this mean? Is this the norm? Do we just have to get used to it? Is it because, or what's going to happen rather when it's not India and Australia in our test summer or in our cricket summer? We'll talk to him about all of that.
Guy HeveldtHOST
He's the boss of the New Zealand Cricket Players Association these days.
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Guy HeveldtHOST
Millsian Guy.
Guy HeveldtHOST
Simon Porter's the boss of the New Zealand Cricket Players Association now.
Guy HeveldtHOST
He is with us on the line off the back of news in the last few days or so around Michael Bracewell opting for a casual contract to take up a deal in the Big Bash following in the footsteps of a few other players.
Guy HeveldtHOST
Simon, thanks for your time.
speaker_1HOST
Simon Porter's the boss of the New Zealand Cricket Players Association now.
speaker_1HOST
He is with us on the line off the back of, uh, news in the last, well, few days or so around Michael Bracewell opting for a casual contract to take up a deal in the Big Bash, following in the footsteps of a few other players.
speaker_1HOST
Simon, uh, thanks for your time.
speaker_1HOST
What does that say in terms of the changing landscape, I guess, of the game of cricket these days?
Simon PorterGUEST
Uh, whereas cricket, you know, guys can play multiple competitions for multiple domestic teams around the world, so it's, it is a completely different system.
Simon PorterGUEST
So, um, you know, I, I think they're a really neat and novel way to ensure that, you know, we, we keep getting to, uh, pick our, our best players, um, for New Zealand when it matters.
speaker_1HOST
Hey, Simon, uh, this is what we hear, the, the Mark Chapman, Michael Bracewell situation.
speaker_1HOST
But I'm sure there's, uh, other players on the other side of the fence that are actually turning down these contracts to stay firm with New Zealand Cricket.
Ian HealyHOST
We, we made some, a play for a lot of players.
Ian HealyHOST
Michael Bracewell, one of them.
Ian HealyHOST
He's a off-spinning power hitter.
Ian HealyHOST
Yeah.
Guy HeveldtHOST
His name is Simon Porter.
Guy HeveldtHOST
Off the back of Michael Bracewell opting for a casual contract.
Guy HeveldtHOST
to take up a deal with the Big Bash that follows Mark Chapman doing the same thing.
Guy HeveldtHOST
Is this now just something that they are going to have to accept is going to happen pretty much all the time with some of our best players? Or what does the future look like in that regard? Simon Porter, the head of the Cricket Players Association, is with us at about 4.30 or so as well.
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Guy HeveldtHOST
We're also going to catch up with Simon Porter, who's the recent boss of the New Zealand Cricket Players Association.
Guy HeveldtHOST
when I say recently appointed boss of the New Zealand Cricket Players Association around casual contracts.
Guy HeveldtHOST
Michael Bracewell, who is probably one of the first names on the team sheet, certainly in terms of the white ball anyway these days, has taken up a casual contract for the upcoming season.
Guy HeveldtHOST
So we'll discuss that, how I suppose normal that's going to be going forward, how often we might see that with Simon Porter.
The Diggity DocHOST
Uh, we've got plenty of Tauihi basketball, uh, to chat through as well.
The Diggity DocHOST
Roosters, NRL, and NRLW champions, but we gotta start with the biggest news in Aotearoa sport, and that is Michael Bracewell getting a casual contract.
The Diggity DocHOST
And I couldn't care less.
The Diggity DocHOST
[laughs] Because contracts, as we're seeing with all this contract, this casual contract news, it means nothing to us.
The Diggity DocHOST
And I think some of these players who have made these contract, casual contract decisions may be in for a rude awakening because they might not play a whole lot of cricket for the Black Caps anymore, even though they can, and they will.
The Diggity DocHOST
But even someone like Tim Robinson, that opportunity's gone somewhere else.
The Diggity DocHOST
And the Michael Bracewell, like we've talked about, um, a lot of these players, whether it's a Mark Chapman, um, or anyone else, we have talked about the, the depth that the Black Caps have in all these positions.
The Diggity DocHOST
And the Michael Bracewell position is a position where the Black Caps have ample depth.
speaker_2HOST
This morning they were joined by Blackcaps player Nick Kelly.
speaker_2HOST
He just signed a central contract after Michael Bracewell opted for a casual playing contract with New Zealand Cricket.
speaker_2HOST
So it opened the door for Nick.
speaker_2HOST
Here's Nick on the doors that it could open, him signing a central contract with New Zealand Cricket.
Nathan RarereCORRESPONDENT
in November so I had a look it's in Mount Smart on November the 12th there so that'll be between the third and fourth ODI cricket games too because of course India is touring New Zealand there as well so I think it's quite nice they've got the football and the cricket happening at the same time too and then of course the second one will be the second game against India and the football will be in Christchurch on November the 15th indoors where it's very nice.
Nathan RarereCORRESPONDENT
Staying with cricket, Michael Bracewell now joins Mark Chapman, Lockie Ferguson, Adam Milne, Finn Allen and Tim Seifert in opting out of a central contract with New Zealand Cricket, so he's going to go there for a casual one.
Nathan RarereCORRESPONDENT
Bracewell is replaced with a full-time contract by the Wellington Firebirds captain Nick Kelly there too, so...
Nathan RarereCORRESPONDENT
And NZC has gone, yes, but look, he's not with us full time in this, but he will remain available for selection for the upcoming five match T20 series.
Scotty StevensonHOST
Mm
Sam AckermanHOST
... with Michael Bracewell the latest to shift to the casual contract away from being one of the, uh, central contracts for the, uh, New Zealand Cricket and Black Caps.
Sam AckermanHOST
Uh, he is pursuing an opportunity in the Australian Big Bash, so he struck a deal to, uh, to go off on his own, much like Finn Allen, Mark Chapman, Lockie Ferguson, Adam Milne, and Tim Seifert as the other casually contracted players for the upcoming season.
Sam AckermanHOST
Big one.
Sam AckermanHOST
...
Sam AckermanHOST
I, I, I, it's a big opportunity for him
Scotty StevensonHOST
It's great for Michael Bracewell.
Sam AckermanHOST
Mm.
Riccardo BallHOST
Um, so yeah, looking forward to seeing how that plays out a little bit later on this afternoon.
Riccardo BallHOST
Of course, we got news yesterday too, Chappie, uh, that Michael Bracewell's the latest in a long line of New Zealand cricketers that have decided to move from a full-time playing contract to a casual contract, and that means good news for Nick Kelly.
Alex ChapmanHOST
Fantastic news for Nick Kelly, and he's now played over 300 professional games.
Alex ChapmanHOST
Nick Kelly, he's, uh, just spent the New Zealand winter, a large part of the New Zealand winter playing for Leicestershire in the UK, along with Ajaz Patel as well.
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Nick KellyGUEST
Um, yeah, it's, it's sort of st- still sort of settling in.
Nick KellyGUEST
So, um, yeah, I guess, you know, when you get picked for your first series or, or then, you know, you start to play a few games, you think, "Oh yeah, like maybe I can, maybe I can p- perform at this level," and then you put out a few performances and then I guess this is just, um, just confirmation of all of that and, and, you know, hopefully that they see me in their plans for the next 12 months.
Alex ChapmanHOST
A- and as you said, the opportunity's come about because Michael Bracewell's taken up that casual agreement.
Alex ChapmanHOST
I, I'm sure you've had conversations and thoughts about those sorts of opportunities as well.
Nick KellyGUEST
And then I guess this is just, um, just confirmation of all of that and, and, you know, hopefully that they see me in their plans for the next 12 months.
Alex ChapmanHOST
A- and as you said, the opportunity's come about because Michael Bracewell's taken up that casual agreement.
Alex ChapmanHOST
I, I'm sure you've had conversations and thoughts about those sorts of opportunities as well.
Alex ChapmanHOST
Where are you at in terms of those overseas experiences before we start chatting about that time with Leicestershire that you've just had?
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