{{Short description|Australian cricketer (born 2001)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2024}} {{Use Australian English|date=March 2024}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = Kyle Brazell | fullname = Kyle Brazell | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|2001|9|20}} | birth_place = | batting = Left-handed | bowling = Slow left-arm orthodox | role =
| club1 = South Australia | year1 = 2023/24 | clubnumber1 = 3
| columns = 1
| hidedeliveries = true | column1 = FC | matches1 = 3 | runs1 = 104 | bat avg1 = 17.33 | 100s/50s1 = 0/0 | top score1 = 30 | catches/stumpings1 = 0/–
| source = https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/kyle-brazell-1337540 ESPNcricinfo | date = 13 March | year = 2024 }}
'''Kyle Brazell''' (born 20 September 2001) is an Australian cricketer.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/1337540.html |title=Player profile:Kyle Brazell |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=5 April 2024}}</ref> He made his first-class cricket debut for South Australia against Queensland on 16 February 2024 in the 2023–24 Sheffield Shield season.<ref name="debut">{{cite web |title=SOA vs QLD, Sheffield Shield 2023/24, 24th Match at Adelaide, February 16 - 18, 2024 - Full Scorecard |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/sheffield-shield-2023-24-1391768/south-australia-vs-queensland-24th-match-1391793/full-scorecard |website=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=21 March 2024 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.saca.com.au/news/3902828/queensland-gets-on-top-of-redbacks-at-adelaide-oval |title=Queensland gets on top of Redbacks at Adelaide Oval |work=South Australia Cricket Association |date=19 February 2024 |access-date=5 April 2024}}</ref> Brazell was the captain of Tea Tree Gully District Cricket Club in South Australian Premier Cricket.<ref>{{cite web |title=Potential debutant in Shield squad v Queensland |url=https://www.saca.com.au/news/3895969/shield-squad-v-queensland |publisher=South Australian Cricket Association |access-date=21 March 2024 |date=14 February 2024}}</ref>
==Career== As a teenager, Brazell attended Rostrevor College and played both cricket and Australian rules football.<ref name="KB">{{cite news|url=https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport/tea-tree-gully-cricketer-kyle-brazell-named-player-of-the-tournament-at-the-national-under17-championships/news-story/5816a05ebf058568f9d87f4f69e219cd |title=Tea Tree Gully cricketer Kyle Brazell named player of the tournament at the national under-17 championships |first1=Rob |last1=Greenwood |work=The Advertiser |location=Adelaide |date=17 October 2017 |access-date=21 March 2024 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20251223053050/https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport/tea-tree-gully-cricketer-kyle-brazell-named-player-of-the-tournament-at-the-national-under17-championships/news-story/5816a05ebf058568f9d87f4f69e219cd |archive-date=23 December 2025}}</ref><ref name="AFL">{{cite web |last=Lewis |first=Tyler |date=11 March 2025 |title=AFL clubs circle South Australian cricketer Kyle Brazell |url=https://www.news.com.au/sport/cricket/afl-clubs-circle-south-australian-cricketer-kyle-brazell/news-story/98bc6bcb190b915570249f8f2d955f61 |website=news.com.au |access-date=23 December 2025}}</ref> In 2017, his successes in junior cricket shifted his focus away from football.<ref name="Foes">{{cite web |last=Capel |first=Andrew |date=31 October 2018 |title=Friends set to become foes for Australian under-19 championships |url=https://www.geelongadvertiser.com.au/sport/cricket/friends-set-to-become-foes-for-australian-under19-championships/news-story/ecd3a202481e1d4039531dced9d65306?amp |url-access=subscription |archive-url=https://archive.today/20251223054313/https://www.geelongadvertiser.com.au/sport/cricket/friends-set-to-become-foes-for-australian-under19-championships/news-story/ecd3a202481e1d4039531dced9d65306?amp#selection-666.0-666.1 |url-status=dead |archive-date=23 December 2025 |website=Geelong Advertiser |access-date=23 December 2025}}</ref> He played for the South Australia in the under-15 national cricket championships, then later in the year played for a Cricket Australia XI at the under-17 national championships, where he was the top run-scorer for the tournament and named player of the tournament. This performance earned him a spot in the Australia under-17s squad that played at the under-19 national championships in December 2017. He also made his senior Grade debut in October 2017 for Tea Tree Gully.<ref name="KB"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cricket.com.au/news/3288677/big-raps-on-u17-champs-star-brazell |title=Big raps on U17 Champs star Brazell |work=Cricket Australia |access-date=21 March 2024}}</ref> His school team at Rostrevor toured Sri Lanka in June 2018, and for the 2018/19 season, Brazell transferred from Tea Tree Gully to Adelaide University to bat further up the batting order. He was again selected to play for Cricket Australia in the under-19 national championships in 2018.<ref name="Foes"/>
In 2020, Brazell played for the North Adelaide Football Club in the South Australian National Football League. He nominated for the 2020 AFL draft but was not selected. He subsequently earned a rookie contract with the South Australia cricket team for the 2021/22 season.<ref name="AFL"/><ref>{{cite web |last=Ramsey |first=Andrew |date=13 May 2021 |title=Redbacks raid rivals as Doggett joins from Bulls |url=https://www.cricket.com.au/news/3313973 |website=cricket.com.au |access-date=23 December 2025}}</ref> In the 2021/22 season, Brazell finished second in Adelaide University's club champion award to Will Bosisto, then transferred back to Tea Tree Gully for the 2022/23 season.<ref>{{cite web |last=Renfrey |first=Daniel |date=6 October 2022 |title=SA Premier Cricket gears up for most competitive season in 2022/23, read the full preview |url=https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/cricket/sa-premier-cricket-gears-up-for-most-competitive-season-in-202223-read-the-full-preview/news-story/cf69f2263a00f504d19c33c7161e3c46?amp |url-access=subscription |archive-url=https://archive.today/20251223055128/https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/cricket/sa-premier-cricket-gears-up-for-most-competitive-season-in-202223-read-the-full-preview/news-story/cf69f2263a00f504d19c33c7161e3c46?amp |archive-date=23 December 2025 |website=The Daily Telegraph |access-date=23 December 2025}}</ref>
Brazell didn't play a match for South Australia in the 2022/23 season, but retained his rookie contract for the 2023/24 season.<ref>{{cite web |author=<!-- not stated --> |date=5 May 2023 |title= West End Redbacks finalise 2023/24 squad |url=https://www.saca.com.au/news/3539153/west-end-redbacks-finalise-202324-squad |website=South Australian Cricket Association|access-date=23 December 2025}}</ref> After scoring a century for Tea Tree Gully in SACA Premier Cricket, Brazell made his first-class debut in a Sheffield Shield match against Queensland beginning on 16 February 2024, being handed his Baggy Red by former South Australian player Callum Ferguson.<ref>{{cite web |author=<!-- not stated --> |date=19 February 2024 |title=Queensland gets on top of Redbacks at Adelaide Oval |url=https://www.saca.com.au/news/3902828/queensland-gets-on-top-of-redbacks-at-adelaide-oval |website=South Australian Cricket Association |access-date=23 December 2025}}</ref> He opened the batting for South Australia, registering a duck in the first innings and 25 runs in the second.<ref name="debut"/><ref>{{cite web |author=<!-- not stated --> |date=15 February 2024 |title=Potential debutant in Shield squad v Queensland |url=https://www.saca.com.au/news/3895969/shield-squad-v-queensland |website=South Australian Cricket Association |access-date=23 December 2025}}</ref> Brazell played two more first-class matches in the 2023/24 season, but wasn't able to break into the team in the 2024/25 season when South Australia won the Sheffield Shield. He was dropped from South Australia's list at the end of the season.<ref name="AFL"/><ref>{{cite web |last1=Horne |first1=Ben |last2=Cherny |first2=Daniel |date=6 May 2025 |title=Every Sheffield Shield team’s squad breakdown – and the dilemmas facing each state |url=https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/cricket/every-sheffield-shield-teams-squad-breakdown-and-the-dilemmas-facing-each-state/news-story/58cb37550385a08170a4e6e2db16a8f2?amp&nk=b1b5625308f2230bce9a2370bbe1aeeb-1746514340 |url-access=subscription |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250506065207/https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/cricket/every-sheffield-shield-teams-squad-breakdown-and-the-dilemmas-facing-each-state/news-story/58cb37550385a08170a4e6e2db16a8f2?amp&nk=b1b5625308f2230bce9a2370bbe1aeeb-1746514340 |archive-date=6 May 2025 |access-date=23 December 2025}}</ref>
==Personal life== As of 2025, Brazell was studying a Bachelor of Medical Radiation Science degree.<ref>{{cite web |author=<!-- not stated --> |date=13 June 2025 |title= Kyle Brazell Nears The End of Bachelor of Medical Radiation Science Degree |url=https://auscricket.com.au/news/kyle-brazell-nears-the-end-of-bachelor-of-medical-radiation-science-degree/ |website=Australian Cricketers' Association |access-date=23 December 2025}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Brazell, Kyle}} Category:2001 births Category:Living people Category:Australian cricketers Category:South Australia cricketers Category:21st-century Australian sportsmen