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James Antony Brayshaw (born May 11, 1967 in Subiaco, Western Australia) is a former state cricketer and now Australian television and radio personality. As a cricketer he was known as Jamie Brayshaw. He is the son of former Western Australian cricketer and Australian rules footballer Ian Brayshaw, and the brother of Mark Brayshaw, a former Kangaroos AFL player. He is currently serving as a Director on the Board of the North Melbourne Football Club.

Contents 1 Cricket career 2 Media career 2.1 Early career 2.2 Style 2.3 Radio career 2.4 2005 2.5 2006 3 Private Life 4 References 5 External links

Playing for South Australia and Western Australia, he had a career spanning almost a decade. In that time, he was a handy batsman, with a first-class batting average of 42.53.

In the 1990s, Brayshaw worked for the Seven Network in Adelaide. This included being a sports anchor for the Seven Nightly News bulletin and working on local football discussion programs, such as Footy Plus. In early 1998 James was teamed up with Amanda Blair and Paul Gale on Adelaides SAFM, which eventually became that city's number one rating breakfast show. One memorable on-air incident at SAFM saw him covered in Adelaide bodypaint after the club he supports, North Melbourne, lost the 1998 AFL Grand Final.

In the year 2001 his big break came as the host of the Seven Network's Ashes (cricket) action with Jeff Thomson.

When the AFL television rights were no longer at Seven, James made the move to the Nine Network, which eventually saw him commentate games.

James has a very distinct style of commentating both AFL and Cricket. His signature quote would be "Extends the dukes Brian".

Today he works for radio station Triple M, as a lively host and commentator of their Australian rules football coverage, as well as a full-time co-host on breakfast program The Cage. Previously he has been part of the Melbourne-based show via his home studio in the Adelaide Hills. Brayshaw is now living and working in Melbourne.

In 2005, Brayshaw co-hosted Any Given Sunday with Garry Lyon and Sam Newman, and also as a commentator for both ING Cup matches and AFL matches. He is considered a rising star in the media, many touting him as the successor to Eddie McGuire's throne [1].

In 2006, Brayshaw replaced McGuire as host of The Footy Show, alongside his Any Given Sunday co-hosts Lyon and Newman, and comedian Trevor Marmalade. Also in 2006, Brayshaw co-hosted the morning shift of the 2006 Melbourne Commonwealth Games with Lyon and has auditioned to replace Eddie McGuire as host of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?. His Triple M co-commentators regard him as the next hot thing and ready to "rock football" on television.^{[citation needed]}

On 21 November 2006 Brayshaw was the co-host of the Nine Network live cricket variety special Ashes to Ashes to promote the 2006-07 Ashes series 1st Cricket Test between Australia and England^[1].

• His sister Sally was killed in a freak accident in Melbourne on September 20, 2006 about 7.30 pm after the top row of bricks from her garage wall fell, crushing her^[2].
• Brayshaw and his wife, Sarah (also referred to as Mrs B), have three sons: Jonathan, Henry and George.

1. ^ http://www.theage.com.au/news/tv--radio/just-not-cricket/2006/11/17/1163266722334.html
2. ^ http://www.smh.com.au/text/articles/2006/09/21/1158431822900.html

• The Cage - James bio
• James Brayshaw photo and profile
• Cricinfo Profile - James Brayshaw
• The Age article - All-rounder in the chair

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NAME	Brayshaw, James Antony
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Cricketer
DATE OF BIRTH	May 11, 1967
PLACE OF BIRTH	Subiaco, Western Australia
DATE OF DEATH
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