Carl Crispin Bradfield (born 18 January 1975) is a former

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. Bradfield is a right-handed

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who bowls right-arm

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. In a career that lasted 14 seasons, he represented Eastern Cape,

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, Eastern Province and Eastern Province B. Something of a journeyman within South Africa, Bradfield did play 3 List-A matches for Huntingdonshire in

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, which was his only spell with an English county. In his 14-year career, he forged a successful, if inconsistent first-class career. He played 93 first-class matches, where he scored 5,412 runs at a

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of 33.20, with 29 half centuries and 9 centuries. His highest score in first-class cricket was 196. In List-A cricket, he played a total of 75 matches, where he scored 1,757 runs at an average of 24.74. In the process, he made 9 half centuries and a single century high score of 109 *. He also took 4 wickets in List-A cricket, at a

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of 21.00 apiece. Toward the end of his career,

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was introduced, with Bradfield playing a single match in the format for Eastern Cape against Western Province Boland.Twenty20 Matches played by Carl Bradfield
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at CricketArchive {{DEFAULTSORT:Bradfield, Carl 1975 births Living people Cricketers from Makhanda, Eastern Cape South African cricketers Eastern Province cricketers Border cricketers Warriors cricketers Huntingdonshire cricketers