Nick Hockley, CEO of Cricket Australia, praises the selection committee for include Sam Konstas in the BGT squad.
Nick Hockley, the CEO of Cricket Australia, praised the Australian cricket selectors on Sunday for include young player Sam Konstas in their roster for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy match against India. To open for Australia against a proven Indian speed attack in front of a sell-out crowd, 19-year-old Konstas was summoned into the squad in place of Nathan McSweeney. During his time on the crease, Konstas provided amusement and gained popularity among Australian supporters. With a spectacular ramp shot off Bumrah, he grabbed headlines and announced his intention to remain aggressive even against the new red ball.
Nick Hockley, the CEO of Cricket Australia, praised the Australian cricket selectors on Sunday for include young player Sam Konstas in their Border-Gavaskar Trophy lineup against “Konstas is a very special talent,” Hockley stated during a press conference in Melbourne. The CEO of Cricket Australia went on to say that his knock for the Prime Minister’s XI during the two-day match was his favorite moment of Konstas.Indeed, it’s a name we’ve heard for the past three or four years, and as a clearly exceptional talent, I believe they were a member of the U19 World Cup winning team. In my opinion, the selectors should be given a lot of credit. The PM’s 11 knock in the PM’s 11 game was the decisive factor for me, Hockley said. “You know, there are obviously calls to whether he puts in a bit early,” Hockley added.
Earlier on Day 1 of the Melbourne Test, Konstas’ bold shots, which were brimming with confidence, threw the Australian spectators into a frenzy and helped the side take the lead.After the Perth Test, Konstas played for the Prime Minister’s XI in a two-day match against the visiting Indians, grabbing attention with a century against them.Two hundreds and three half-centuries are among the 718 runs Konstas has amassed at an average of 42.2 in his 11 first-class games. Konstas scored 191 runs at an average of 27.28 in seven innings, including a century, and was a key contributor to Australia’s victory in the ICC U19 World Cup 2024. In a series of two matches between Australia A and India A prior to the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, he also scored 92 runs in four innings, including a game-winning 73*.He asserted his dominance in the warm-up pink-ball match against India by scoring a sophisticated 107 off 97 balls in the face of a strong Indian attack.
Konstas is currently the fifth-highest run scorer in the Sheffield Shield season, having amassed 471 runs at an average of 58.87 in five games, including two hundreds and a fifty, with a peak score of 152.
