Nathan Reardon

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Nathan Reardon
Personal information
Full name
Nathan Jon Reardon
Born (1984-11-08) 8 November 1984 (age 39)
Chinchilla, Queensland, Australia
NicknameReardo
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
RoleMiddle-order batter
International information
National side
T20I debut (cap 73)5 November 2014 v South Africa
Last T20I7 November 2014 v South Africa
T20I shirt no.35
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2005/06–2016/17Queensland
2011/12Melbourne Renegades
2012/13–2013/14Adelaide Strikers
2014/15–2016/17Brisbane Heat
2016/17Northern Districts
2017/18Hobart Hurricanes
Career statistics
Competition T20I FC LA T20
Matches 2 30 88 75
Runs scored 4 1,305 2,466 1,188
Batting average 4.00 26.10 31.61 20.84
100s/50s 0/0 1/6 2/20 0/4
Top score 4 147 116 56
Balls bowled 938 138 71
Wickets 15 1 3
Bowling average 43.53 137.00 35.33
5 wickets in innings 0 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0
Best bowling 3/14 1/11 2/20
Catches/stumpings 0/– 13/– 26/– 23/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 8 May 2022

Nathan Jon Reardon (born 8 November 1984) is an Australian former professional cricketer. He primarily played as a batsman in limited overs matches, playing for his home state of Queensland from 2005 to 2016. He also played Twenty20 cricket in the Big Bash League for four different teams, and represented Australia in two Twenty20 Internationals in November 2014.

Cricket career[edit]

Reardon made his debut for Queensland in its opening game of the 2005–06 ING Cup on 14 October 2005. He was selected as the team's "super sub" (an experimental rule allowing a player to be substituted into the match partway through) to replace the injured Chris Simpson.[1][2] He was considered an all-rounder early in his career, combining his batting with medium-pace bowling, but later on bowled less and was included in the team purely for his batting.[1][2]

Across his career, Reardon experienced more success in one-day and Twenty20 matches than he did in longer first-class matches. He had his best season in the 2011–12 Ryobi One-Day Cup.[1] He scored his maiden one-day century in a match against Western Australia on 11 February 2012. Although Queensland went on to lose the game by 5 runs, Reardon was still named the player of the match for his efforts.[3] Reardon finished the competition with 403 runs at an average of 57.57, the second-most runs of any batter in the competition.[1]

Reardon was included in the Australian national cricket team's squad for a Twenty20 International (T20I) series against South Africa in November 2014. This series was being played in very close proximity to a Test series in the United Arab Emirates, which made a number of Test players unavailable for the T20I series. Reardon was selected off of the back of his strong batting in the 2014–15 Matador BBQs One-Day Cup to make up for this unavailability.[4] He made his T20I debut in the first match of the series at Adelaide Oval on 5 November. His cap was presented to him by former Australian batsman Michael Hussey.[5] He played his second and final T20I two days later on 7 November at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, and was never selected to play for Australia again.[1] He played his final professional cricket game for the Hobart Hurricanes in the Big Bash League in February 2018.[1]

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References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Nathan Reardon". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 25 December 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Reardon replaces injured Simpson". ESPNcricinfo. 11 October 2005. Retrieved 25 December 2022.
  3. ^ "Western Australia win despite Reardon ton". ESPNcricinfo. 11 February 2012. Retrieved 25 December 2022.
  4. ^ Brettig, Daniel (19 October 2014). "Dunk, White, Reardon into T20 squad". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 25 December 2022.
    - Brettig, Daniel (1 November 2014). "Operation T20 confidence". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 25 December 2022.
  5. ^ Brettig, Daniel (5 November 2014). "Rossouw shows his power". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 25 December 2022.

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