Former Australian fast bowler Nathan Bracken wants to settle million-dollar lawsuit before going to court RETIRED Aussie fast bowler Nathan Bracken says he wants to resolve his million-dollar claim against the sport's governing body though "private discussions" rather than dragging the case though court. The lanky left-arm swing bowler is suing Cricket Australia and three medical specialists over a career-ending knee injury he suffered before a one-day game in 2007. Today his case returned to the Supreme Court for a hearing over document access after Cricket Australia refused his legal team permission to view emails and other materials - including details of player contracts and broadcast details - unless they signed a confidentiality agreement. His lawyers have claimed there is no need for the undertaking and Bracken, who was in court for the hearing, issued a statement through compensation firm Slater &Gordon, saying it was "disappointing" the problem had now come up. "I would have much preferred to be able to resolve this argument and indeed my claim, through private discussions," he said. Hopefully that remains possible. Nathan Bracken and partner Masha Belash on Channel 7's Dancing with the Stars in 2011. The now 35-year-old retired from all forms of the game in early 2011 citing a chronic knee injury and later the same year he launched a million-dollar lawsuit over the career-ending condition. Bracken has claimed Cricket Australia, its doctors Trefor James and Simon Carter, and physiotherapist Alex Kountouris, failed to properly diagnose and treat a right-knee injury he suffered before a one-day game against England in 2007. He said the experts should have identified that he needed arthroscopic surgery and referred him to a specialist at that time, and their negligence ruined a career which otherwise could have continued until at least 2015. Nathan Bracken in Dancing With The Stars knees up Dance hopeful Nathan Bracken to sue Bracken is suing for lost earnings from his Australian cricket contract, estimated to be worth about $400,000 a year when he suffered the injury, as well as lucrative sponsorship deals and other income he claims to have missed out on. But the three medicos have in turn claimed the bowler contributed to his own condition because he didn't reveal the extent of his symptoms. Nathan Bracken didn't tell all Bracken allegedly agreed he was fit to keep playing cricket after he first underwent an MRI scan on his knee in 2007. He played in five Tests and 116 one-day games for Australia during a career which also included stints playing for NSW, in English county cricket and the Indian Premier League. A full hearing to decide his claim isn't expected to get underway until next year. Nathan Bracken photo with wife Haley and son Chase.