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which was a bit of a relief.
I got to 18 and realised
I probably am good
enough to play at that
level if I am mentally
prepared. It was disappointing
to get to 18 and
think ‘hey, I’m, doing alright’
and then get out.
Funnily enough, the areas
that Watto was talking
about of my game
were exposed in both innings.
At least I know
where to work on.
“It was a good insight
into what it is like at that
level. I’ve played quite a
few one-day and Twenty20
games now and in
all honesty, it’s not a lot
different – you’ve just
got to apply your skills
for longer periods.”
The MCG might have an
almost mystical aura
about it to many people,
but Reardon wasn’t
overly impressed, particularly
with the drop-in
wicket. “I actually found
it a very dull sort of a
ground. I’m sure it’s a
Nathan Reardon pulls for four during an important cameo
innings in the Ford Ranger Cup win in Perth
different place when you
play Boxing Day Tests
there, but it just seemed
so empty,” he said.
“There was no-one
there, and it’s a massive
place. They were completely
different conditions
to what we get up
here. The pitch is very
up and down, very dead.
You had to play as
straight as possible. That
drop-in wicket is very
dead and hollow.”
Reardon was elevated
into the team on the
strength of solid form at
one-day and Grade level.
He struck 488 runs at
61.00 for University during
the XXXX GOLD
Grade premiership season,
including blazing
back to back centuries in
February, and was
player of the final in the
Grade one-day final for
the second straight year.
Just for good measure,
he picked up the QAS
Player of the Year for his
efforts with the Queensland
2 nd XI and the PKF
Bulls Fielding Award to
cap a most promising
season.
Away from the game,
Reardon has just begun
a carpentry apprenticeship
with TMF Constructions
on their new site at
Peel Street in South
Brisbane. The fulltime
work will reduce to parttime
as the season begins,
but he is keen have
another focus – and
back-up for the future if
required.
Cricket remains his priority,
and he knows it is
a good time to be a
young player as Queensland
and Australian regenerates
after long periods
of success with
largely settled line-ups.
“A lot of the young guys
understand that and are
working pretty hard,” he
said. “We’ve got big
shoes to fill. There’s no
lack of talent – there’s
bucketloads in the
squad. We’ve just got fill
the shoes of the Mahers
and the likes.”
A QAS FIRST
Charters Towers policeman
Luke Feldman will break
new ground this season after
being selected in the
2008-09 Queensland Academy
of Sport cricket squad.
Feldman, 24, is the first
country-based player to be
named in the QAS squad
which complements the
XXXX GOLD Queensland
Bulls squad and provides
players with the chance to
play in the Cricket Australia
Cup 2nd XI competition.
He is a right-arm fast
bowler who has represented
Queensland Country and
was a member of the 2007-
08 Australian Country
team.
The QAS squad also contains
2007-08 Prime Minister’s
XI selection Luke
Swards from the ACT.
Swards will relocate to Brisbane
to play club cricket in
September.
The remainder of the QAS
men’s squad features the
seven XXXX GOLD Queensland
Bulls rookie players.