Nathan Bracken suing CA

[robelinda]

Former Australian paceman Nathan Bracken has dragged Cricket Australia to court, claiming that he did not get enough support from the Board when he was struggling with a career-threatening knee injury.

Bracken had retired in January after missing the entire 2010 season due an injury to his right knee, needing three operations.

Bracken has demanded close to USD one million in wages, medical expenses and damages from Cricket Australia, a report in the Daily Telegraph said.

According to the report, the former swing bowler will argue that CA was negligent in allowing him to play with the injury, including two doctors and a physiotherapist who examined him on the claim.

Bracken was not in the Supreme Court as the case was briefly mentioned yesterday.

His barrister Richard O'Keefe asked the case be adjourned because CA had not complied with previous court orders to provide "medical records relating to the plaintiff".

CA has been given more time to produce the documents as the court set the next hearing on November 30.

 

[Prince EWS]

There's been rumours about this happening since before he even retired.

It's something I think I should be a lot more interested in than I actually am.

 

[Top_Cat]

And yet, no-one's suing Hilditch or Chappell. No justice, I tells ya.

 

[Spikey]

Former Australian spinner Nathan Hauritz has dragged Cricket Australia to court, claiming that he did not get enough support from the Board when he was performing admirably well.

edit made this post before seeing the above

 

[uvelocity]

Former Australian cricket selector Andrew Hilditch has dragged Cricket Australia to court, claiming he didn't receive enough support during his time spent making irrational selection decisions whilst coping with an intellectual disability.

 

[smash84]

Former Australian cricket selector Andrew Hilditch has dragged Cricket Australia to court, claiming he didn't receive enough support during his time spent making irrational selection decisions whilst coping with an intellectual disability.

 

[Noble One]

I have never heard a good word spoken about Bracken outside his cricketing ability.

Doesn't appear a strong case from initial reports.

 

[Himannv]

I have never heard a good word spoken about Bracken outside his cricketing ability.

Was he actually that bad?

 

[benchmark00]

I blame his air head wife.

 

[vic_orthdox]

I blame his air head wife.

 

[benchmark00]

linger_isgod.

 

[four_or_six]

Reckon she's spent close to $1million in enhancements, should have just saved the money from that.

 

[benchmark00]

The Bracken camp have padded up to the claims they're just looking for an easy pay day.

 

[Spikey]

and they didn't even dancing with the stars



but 'they' i mean her new **** obv.

 

[Hurricane]

Where was brackens judgement in all of this - surely he knew he was injured and shouldn't be playing based on medical advice.

 

[Flem274*]

The Bracken camp have padded up to the claims they're just looking for an easy pay day.

Is that Nathan or his wife?

 

[Nate]

I have about ten different insults for you.

 

[inbox24]

I wonder what he'll do now once his career is over. How much money do cricket coaches make?

 

[Hurricane]

Is that Nathan or his wife?

Smileyshah is getting slack in his old age so i will have to reply for him

 

[Son Of Coco]

Rebecca Wilson's take on it:

Rebecca Wilson: Nathan Bracken has put another nail in the coffin of sporting nobility | thetelegraph.com.au

If you replace 'Nathan Bracken' with 'Rebecca Wilson', and 'cricket' with 'journalism', you have a rather neat summary of her career in sports writing.

Wonder if her father can get me a job writing at the newspaper too?

(I agree with her that what Bracken's doing leaves a bad taste in the mouth...but her summation of his cricketing ability sounds a little too like someone playing down his ability because she's pissed off with him, and not someone who actually knows what they're talking about.)