Luke Feldman

{{short description|Australian cricketer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2020}}

{{Use Australian English|date=September 2012}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Luke Feldman

| full_name = Luke William Feldman

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1984|8|1}}

| birth_place = Sunnybank, Queensland, Australia

| batting = Right-handed

| bowling = Right-arm fast-medium

| role = Bowler

| club1 = Queensland

| year1 = {{nowrap|2009/10–2018/19}}

| club2 = Sydney Sixers

| year2 = 2012/13

| club3 = Sydney Thunder

| year3 = 2013/14

| club4 = Northern Districts

| year4 = 2013/14

| club5 = Brisbane Heat

| year5 = 2015/16

| club6 = Central Districts

| year6 = 2016/17

| columns = 3

| column1 = FC

| matches1 = 63

| runs1 = 741

| bat avg1 = 16.46

| 100s/50s1 = 0/1

| top score1 = 52

| deliveries1 = 11,902

| wickets1 = 232

| bowl avg1 = 25.94

| fivefor1 = 8

| tenfor1 = 0

| best bowling1 = 6/32

| catches/stumpings1 = 24/–

| column2 = LA

| matches2 = 33

| runs2 = 158

| bat avg2 = 17.55

| 100s/50s2 = 0/0

| top score2 = 33

| deliveries2 = 1,516

| wickets2 = 36

| bowl avg2 = 35.55

| fivefor2 = 1

| tenfor2 = 0

| best bowling2 = 5/57

| catches/stumpings2 = 5/–

| column3 = T20

| matches3 = 23

| runs3 = 25

| bat avg3 = 12.50

| 100s/50s3 = 0/0

| top score3 = 12*

| deliveries3 = 476

| wickets3 = 21

| bowl avg3 = 29.71

| fivefor3 = 0

| tenfor3 = 0

| best bowling3 = 29.71

| catches/stumpings3 = 7/–

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/australia/content/player/366580.html ESPNcricinfo

| date = 15 May 2019

}}

Luke Feldman (born 1 August 1984) is a former Australian cricketer who played for the Queensland Bulls. He is the son of former Queensland One Nation party leader Bill Feldman.{{cite news|title=Luke Feldman to play for Queensland against Victoria|url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/luke-feldman-to-play-for-queensland-against-victoria/story-e6frf9if-1225802016860|access-date=22 December 2013|newspaper=Herald Sun|date=23 November 2009}}

Feldman was a policeman in the North Queensland country towns of Charters Towers and Innisfail{{cite news |title=Floods play on mind of Feldman |url=https://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/sunshine-coast/sport/floods-play-on-mind-of-feldman/news-story/b5de821d4cc11baa26d8b8bb4dd301d3 |access-date=24 April 2024 |work=Courier Mail |date=9 January 2011}} 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/australia/content/player/366580.html|title = Luke Feldman profile and biography, stats, records, averages, photos and videos}}

He made his Sheffield Shield debut against the Victorian Bushrangers at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. During the match, he made a mid-night arrest after an intruder came into his hotel room. By that stage he'd already bowled Nick Jewell 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 2011–12 Sheffield Shield season. Batting at number 11 and needing two runs to win off the last ball of the match, Feldman scored a single. 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 tie as opposed to a draw, and both teams would have earned three points for the match as opposed to two.{{cite news|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-12-05/bulls-and-vics-all-square-in-classic-shield-draw/3713916?section=qld|title=Bulls and Vics all square in classic Shield draw|date=6 December 2011|work=ABC News|access-date=7 January 2012}}

In March 2018, during the 2017–18 Sheffield Shield season, he took his 200th first-class wicket.{{cite web |url=https://www.cricket.com.au/news/match-report/day-four-queensland-bulls-western-australia-sheffield-shield-video-highlights-live-stream-scores/2018-03-09 |title=WA crumble, Bulls on verge of home final |access-date=9 March 2018 |work=Cricket Australia}}

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.{{cite web |url=https://www.cricket.com.au/news/luke-feldman-queensland-bulls-policeman-cop-arrest-hotel-room-sheffield-shield/2019-03-24 |title=Favourite Feldman Farewells Double Life |work=Cricket.com.au |access-date=15 May 2019}}