Roger Robert Andrew Francis Bradley (30 November 1962 – 24 March 2017) was a New Zealand-born Dutch

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er. Bradley was a right-handed

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. Born in the New Zealand capital,

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, Bradley attended

Otumoetai College Otumoetai College is a state co-educational secondary school located in Tauranga, New Zealand. The school opened in February 1965 with 206 students from years 9 to 13 (ages 12 to 18) to serve the western suburbs of Tauranga. ''Otumoetai'' is cla ...

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. He played a single first-class match for Northern Districts in the 1990/91 New Zealand cricket season against

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. By 1995, he had moved to the Netherlands and in June of that year he made his debut for the

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in the

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against

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. Over the next seven years he played 15 List A matches for the Netherlands, competing in the English domestic one-day tournament, the 2000 ICC Emerging Nations Tournament and the 2002 ICC 6 Nations Challenge. In his 15 List A matches for his adopted country, Bradley scored 278 runs at a

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of 19.85, with two half centuries. His highest score was 78 against

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in 1999, when he won the player of the match award. He also represented the Netherlands in ten matches in the

2001 ICC Trophy The 2001 ICC Trophy was a cricket tournament played in Ontario, Canada in 2001. It was the Cricket World Cup qualification tournament for the 2003 Cricket World Cup. Three spots in the World Cup were on offer and the Netherlands, host nation Cana ...

. Bradley died in

on 24 March 2017 after a long illness.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bradley, Roger 1962 births 2017 deaths Cricketers from Wellington City Northern Districts cricketers Dutch cricketers Dutch people of New Zealand descent People educated at Otumoetai College