AFTER getting a taste of international cricket and smashing 126 against Ireland, former Batemans Bay cricketer Matt Condon still isn’t satisfied and knows he has to keep grinding away to chase his dreams.
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Batting at first drop, Condon hit his first international century against the Irish in the ACT Comets’ match on October 9 at Manuka Oval.
“Coach just said ‘about time’, but I’m obviously stoked to get an international hundred but there is still a lot of work to do,” Condon said.
The left-handed 18-year-old also played two matches against Afghan-istan.
He opened one innings, and narrowly missed out on two half-centuries with scores of 41 and 46.
Afghanistan, which won both games with four balls remaining, had a “different brand of cricket”, Condon said.
“It was a new experience,” he said.
“Only two or three spoke English but it was a great experience.”
Adding to his representative duties, Condon was selected to play for the NSW Second XI’s four-day match against Victoria last week.
Victoria got the better
of NSW in the rain-affected match to win by six wickets.
Condon grinded out 64 in his team’s first innings against a strong bowling attack, which included Australia’s one-day international leg-spinner Fawad Ahmed.
In the second innings Condon fell cheaply for four.
Condon said he was rapt to have been given a chance to play for NSW.
“I was surprised I was given the opportunity,” Condon said.
“Playing for the ACT you don’t normally get looked at by NSW so I was pretty happy and excited about it.
“It was probably the best bowling line-up I’ve ever faced.”
Condon, who lives in Queanbeyan, has also played two matches for Eastern Suburbs in Sydney’s first grade competition this season.
In round one against Parramatta he scored 85 off 87 balls in Eastern Suburbs’ win.
In round two against Sydney University, Condon made a patient 41 from 111 and he opened the innings with newly-named Australian Twenty20 squad member Nic Maddinson. from Shoalhaven.
Condon said he had
settled well in to the Sydney competition.
“It’s a lot stronger comp than in Canberra and I’m happy to be playing with and against some big names,” he said.
Next Monday, Condon will pad up for the Comets in their Futures League fixture against Queensland at Manuka Oval.
