Brendon Paul Julian (born 10 August 1970) is an Australian cricket commentator and former

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er. He played in 7

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and 25 ODIs from 1993 to 1999. He was an AIS

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scholarship holder in 1989. Julian was a part of the Australian team that won the

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. Standing at , he was a dangerous left-arm fast-medium bowler and a tremendously hard-hitting right-handed late-middle order

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, he was regarded as a prospect to become an

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Domestic career

He is particularly remembered for the

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finals of 1997–98 and 1998–99, in which innings of 124 and 84 respectively played major roles in leading the

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to back-to-back titles.

International career

He had two short spells in the Australian Test team. His first stint was in the 1993

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tour against

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when he scored a gritty 56*, and secondly his tight and penetrative bowling spells in the history making

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tour of 1995 when in the absence of injured

Craig McDermott Craig John McDermott (born 14 April 1965) is a former Australian cricketer. Between 1984 and 1996 he played 71 Tests for Australia, taking 291 wickets. Following the end of his playing career, he was the bowling coach for the Australian team fo ...

and

Damien Fleming Damien William Fleming (born 24 April 1970) is an Australian cricket commentator and former cricketer who played for the Australian national cricket team and domestic cricket for Victoria. He played in 20 Tests and 88 ODIs from 1994 to 2001 a ...

, he and

Paul Reiffel Paul Ronald Reiffel (born 19 April 1966) is an Australian former cricketer who played in 35 Tests and 92 One Day Internationals (ODIs) from 1992 to 1999. He was part of Australia's victorious 1999 World Cup team. After retirement he became a f ...

undertook new ball responsibilities. He was a regular member of the One-day team during 1998 and 1999, being a member of the winning squad at the

, despite being confined to the bench for the majority of the tournament. He was dropped after the tournament.

Commentary career

He retired in 2001 to become a presenter in the travel programme '' Getaway'' for Channel 9 in Australia. He later presented sports news on ''

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'', before moving to

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. On Fox Sports he is a commentator on domestic cricket matches, host of 'Inside Cricket' and hosting Australia's 2009 and 2018 tours of South Africa.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Julian, Brendon 1970 births Living people Australia One Day International cricketers Australia Test cricketers Cricketers at the 1999 Cricket World Cup Australian television presenters Western Australia cricketers Surrey cricketers Australian expatriate cricketers in England People educated at Guildford Grammar School Cricketers from Hamilton, New Zealand Australian cricketers Australian Institute of Sport cricketers Australian sports journalists New Zealand emigrants to Australia Commonwealth Games silver medallists in cricket Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Australia Cricketers at the 1998 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 1998 Commonwealth Games Australian cricket commentators Australian people of New Zealand descent