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Cameron Vellacott
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Q: Brendan Nash - the road less travelled
You played for Jamaica and then the West Indies, what prompted the move and how did you adapt to living north of the equator?
Most people don’t know this, but I had virtually given up playing cricket when I moved there. After being told by the then chairman of selectors for QLD that my career was over, I moved to Jamaica to experience part of my heritage. Both my parents and sister were very proud Jamaicans and had talked about what it was like to live there. I guess I wanted to experience this for myself. Cricket was a way to help ease me into my life there.
To live there and to be accepted into the cricketing world was difficult for sure but having been through all the little life lessons to that point certainly helped me adapt more quickly. I was very fortunate to have some very good family friends in Jamaica to help me out along the way.
You played for Jamaica and then the West Indies, what prompted the move and how did you adapt to living north of the equator?
Most people don’t know this, but I had virtually given up playing cricket when I moved there. After being told by the then chairman of selectors for QLD that my career was over, I moved to Jamaica to experience part of my heritage. Both my parents and sister were very proud Jamaicans and had talked about what it was like to live there. I guess I wanted to experience this for myself. Cricket was a way to help ease me into my life there.
To live there and to be accepted into the cricketing world was difficult for sure but having been through all the little life lessons to that point certainly helped me adapt more quickly. I was very fortunate to have some very good family friends in Jamaica to help me out along the way.
https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/1150/cameron-vellacott/blog/1337/brendan-nash-the-road-less-travelled
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Brendan, we’ll start with a bit about you. What’s your name, and when and where were you born? ...