Luke Feldman (born 1 August 1984) is a former Australian cricketer who played for the

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. He is the son of former Queensland One Nation party leader

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. He was a policeman in the North Queensland country towns of

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and Innisfail and drove to play club cricket in Townsville and Cairns comps before returning to fulfil his duties as a policeman after the game. After some strong performances he was offered a place in the Queensland Academy. He made his

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debut against the

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at the

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. During the match, he made a mid-night arrest after an intruder came into his hotel room. By that stage he'd already bowled

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and was soon wreaking more havoc on the Victorian team. Since then he has improved by gaining match figures of 9 for 81 against the New South Wales Blues. Feldman played a key role in a rare "tied" draw between Queensland and Victoria in the

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. Batting at number 11 and needing two runs to win off the last ball of the match, Feldman scored a

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. He did not attempt a second run; had he done so and succeeded, Queensland would have won the match; had he done so and failed, the match would have been a

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as opposed to a

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, and both teams would have earned three points for the match as opposed to two. In March 2018, during the

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, he took his 200th first-class wicket. In March 2019, Feldman announced his retirement from professional cricket, rededicating his life to the Queensland Police Force. He retired after 63 first-class matches and 232 wickets.

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