Tim Bresnan

Timothy Thomas Bresnan (born 28 February 1985) is an English former first-class cricketer, who last played for Warwickshire.

He played as a fast-medium bowler who had ability with the bat.

Bresnan won the NBC Denis Compton Award in 2002 and 2003.

In June 2006 he was called up to the England One-Day International side, and in May 2009, he joined the Test side.

He earned his first international call-up in June 2006 when he was named in the England ODI squad to play Ireland and Sri Lanka.

Bresnan made his England debut in the Twenty20 international against Sri Lanka at the Rose Bowl on 15 June 2006.

He scored 6 not out and conceded 20 runs from his two overs.

Two days later he appeared in his first One Day International against the same opposition at Lord's, taking 1–44 from nine overs as England fell to a 20-run defeat.

Bresnan made his maiden first-class century in April 2007 during a County Championship match against Surrey at The Oval, beating his previous highest score of 94.

During the innings, he also passed the landmark of 1,000 runs in first-class cricket.

Bresnan scored 116 and in doing so, alongside Jason Gillespie, set a record ninth-wicket partnership for Yorkshire: the pair put on 246 before Bresnan was stumped off the bowling of Nayan Doshi.

It was the fourth-highest ninth-wicket partnership in all first-class cricket In July Bresnan scored his second first-class ton, this time for England Lions against a touring Indian team which included Zaheer Khan, Ishant Sharma, and Sreesanth.

His innings of 126 not out was a new personal best.

Bresnan finished the 2007 English season with 679 runs from 16 first-class matches at an average of 48.50 with three centuries.

He also took 35 wickets at an average of 34.02.

On 29 April 2009, nearly three years since last being involved in international cricket, Bresnan was named in the England squad for the upcoming Test series against West Indies, replacing the injured Andrew Flintoff.

Seven days later Bresnan made his Test debut for England at Lord's. He scored nine with the bat, and failed to take a wicket – being allocated only a few overs given the success of Stuart Broad, James Anderson and fellow débutant Graham Onions.

In the second match, however, Bresnan picked up three wickets, including his maiden wicket of Brendan Nash and then took Denesh Ramdin two deliveries later.

Bresnan played in the limited overs matches in England's tour of South Africa.

He played in the second and third ODIs.

In the second match, he took figures of 2–46 in ten overs and was not needed to bat.

In the next game he bowled 8 overs for just 15 runs, picking up a wicket in the process, as England won by seven wickets.

In the first T20 match he was expensive, bowling 2 overs for 25 runs.

He was expensive again in the second bowling his four overs for 48 runs and being dismissed for a duck when batting as England lost by 84 runs.

Bresnan was called up to the squad for the series in Bangladesh.

In the first match he took four wickets, including 3–63.

He also made 91 runs before being stumped.

As England won comfortably, he was not required to bat again.

In the second match he took another three wickets as he continues to impress with the ball.

He also performed well in the limited overs series, picking up figures of 3–51 and 4–28 in the second and third matches.

He was a member of the England team that won the 2010 ICC World Twenty20.

He was selected for the 2010–11 Ashes series and played in the Boxing Day Test at the MCG; he took six wickets including the final one which saw England retain the Ashes.

He announced his retirement from cricket in January 2022.

Born to Ray and Julie Bresnan, Bresnan attended Castleford High School Technology and Sports College, and subsequently attended NEW College, Pontefract.

He started his career and played his junior cricket at Townville Cricket Club, before moving to Castleford Cricket Club as he began to play within the Yorkshire setup.

In 2017 during the T20 Blast roses match against Lancashire, Bresnan took 6 for 19, the best T20 bowling figures by a Yorkshire player and the best T20 figures at Headingley.

In June 2020, Bresnan agreed to leave Yorkshire County Cricket Club, in a bid to play first-team cricket elsewhere to prolong his career.

He joined Warwickshire on loan for the 2020 season, and signed a two-year permanent deal with the club for the 2021 and 2022 seasons.

In January 2022, Bresnan retired from the sport.

Bresnan represented England at youth level, with 7 Youth Tests and 23 Youth ODIs for England U-19s.