James Brayshaw

James Brayshaw

Personal information
Full name	James Antony Brayshaw
Born	(1967-05-11) 11 May 1967 Subiaco, Western Australia, Australia
Nickname	JB, Jim, Jimbob, Jimmy
Batting style	Right-hand bat
Bowling style	Right-arm medium
Role	Batsman
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1987–1990	Western Australia
1990–1997	South Australia
Career statistics
Competition FC List A Matches 75 35 Runs scored 4,934 589 Batting average 42.53 25.60 100s/50s 10/29 1/1 Top score 146 101* Balls bowled 1,169 409 Wickets 10 8 Bowling average 57.20 40.00 5 wickets in innings 0 0 10 wickets in match 0 n/a Best bowling 2/15 2/20 Catches/stumpings 43/0 12/0
Source: cricinfo.com, 31 March 2008

James Antony Brayshaw (born 11 May 1967) is a former state cricketer and now Australian television and radio presenter. 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 player for the AFL club North Melbourne. He is currently serving as Chairman of the North Melbourne Football Club, and was the Chairman of the Melbourne Renegades cricket team from 2011 to 2015.

Cricket career

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

Media career

Early career

In the 1990s, Brayshaw worked for the Seven Network in Adelaide. This included being a substitute 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 Adelaide's 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 to them.

2000s

In 2001 his big break came as the host of the Seven Network's Ashes (cricket) action with Jeff Thomson, but later moved to the Nine Network when the AFL was transferred. He became the nightly anchor for the National Nine News sport report, as well as contributing to other sports programs on the network, eventually becoming a regular commentator in both football and cricket coverage. In 2005, Brayshaw co-hosted Any Given Sunday with Garry Lyon and Sam Newman.

In 2006, Brayshaw (along with Garry Lyon) replaced Eddie McGuire as host of The AFL Footy Show, a position he currently holds. Additionally, he co-hosted the morning sessions of the 2006 Melbourne Commonwealth Games with Lyon. Apart from his television commitments, he works for radio station Triple M, as a host and commentator of their Australian rules football coverage. He also worked as a full-time co-host on breakfast program The Cage before it was axed in 2007 and replaced with Pete & Myf. Previously he has been part of the Melbourne-based show via his home studio in the Adelaide Hills.

Brayshaw was installed as Chairman of the North Melbourne Football Club on 6 December 2007 after the club rejected the AFL's deal to permanently relocate to the Gold Coast.

In September 2007, Brayshaw announced that he will be leaving The Cage to spend more time with his family – just before the program was cancelled due to high costs and poor ratings.

Brayshaw also hosted the Sunday Footy Show, alongside panelists Dermott Bereton, Nathan Brown, Shane Crawford and Billy Brownless. He has also hosted the Australian version of Wipeout with Josh Lawson.

For the duration of the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver, Brayshaw took on a commentary role for various skiing events alongside Michael Kennedy, former international moguls skier, dual Winter Olympics coach and current CEO of Ski & Snowboard Australia, in calling the moguls competition. Brayshaw teamed up with three-time Australian snowboard champion, Jay Onley, to call the action from the Olympic snowboard competition.

Brayshaw currently Co-hosts The Rush Hour on Triple M Melbourne with Billy Brownless. The show is broadcast weekdays in the drive-time slot. In 2011, Brayshaw resigned from 'The Sunday Footy Show' and was replaced by fellow ex-cricketer Simon O'Donnell. In addition, Brayshaw commentated on events of the 2012 London Olympics of which, Nine has broadcast rights to as does Foxtel.

Brayshaw has also been involved in golf and cricket coverage for Nine.

Personal life

In an accident on 20 September 2006, his sister Sally was killed instantly after the facade of her garage collapsed on top of her.

Brayshaw and his wife Sarah have four sons. On October 23 2014, the couple announced their separation after 23 years of marriage

External links

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

Sporting positions
Preceded by Anthonie Ferreira	Nelson Cricket Club Professional 1989	Succeeded by Brendon Julian
Preceded by Graham Duff	North Melbourne Football Club Chairman 2007–	Succeeded by Incumbent