ACT Comets batsman Matt Condon has been selected in the PM's XI team to play England. Photo: Jeffrey Chan

If you have to pick one cricketer to model your game upon, there are few better than Australian great Michael Hussey.

That's exactly what ACT Comets batsman Matt Condon did.

The 18-year-old Batemans Bay product will put all his lessons to good use when he lines up alongside Hussey for the Prime Minister's XI against England at Manuka Oval on January 14.

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Condon was a popular choice for the spot designated for a Canberra player.

Although he now plays his club cricket in Sydney with Easts, Condon developed his game with Wests/UC in the Canberra first-grade competition.

He was the competition's leading run-scorer last summer and has become a regular for the Comets in the Futures League.

Condon secured a rookie contract with the Sydney Sixers in the Big Bash League and later this month willcaptain the ACT/NSW Country team at the under-19 national championships in Adelaide. That's after he makes his debut for the PM's XI alongside Hussey, Australian fast bowler Pat Cummins, international all-rounder Glenn Maxwell and Canberra product Jason Behrendorff.

"It's pretty special for me to play with some big-name players against some quality opposition," Condon said.

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