Former Test cricketer and now political candidate Carl Rackemann on his farm near Kingaroy, Queensland, yesterday. Picture: Liam Kidston Source: The Australian
CARL Rackemann put the fear into batsmen when he took the ball - now the former Test cricketer's ambition of taking to the field of politics is gathering the same pace his once-devastating bouncers had.
A third-generation Kingaroy farmer, the 12-Test bowler is firming as the frontrunner to win the state seat of Nanango, held for 40 years by former premier Joh Bjelke-Petersen, as a candidate of Bob Katter's Australian Party.
The start-up political entity is expected to win registration within days from Queensland's Electoral Commission, as the party ramps up its campaign to challenge the political mainstream at the next state election, due by March.
The Australian
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