How does Sam Konstas GET IN to Australia's test side? - SEN Cricket

[@ethancoster1324]

A tragedy that Pucovski's career fell apart.

[@maxwatkins7032]

averaging 40 is the new 50, batting will never be easier than it was from about 2000-16, it's not that there's a lack of quality batters its that bowlers have figured out the 'wobble ball' along with analytics and bit more spice in the pitch its just a far harder era to bat in, look at world cricket test averages since 2017 everyone is down across the board.

[@JamesSant1]

Bancroft > Harris still

[@seanclaxton1408]

How was batting easier in the early 2000s? Look at the bowling attacks that were around then. Every team has at least 2 quality FAST bowlers and a good spinner. Look at the 05 ashes bowling line ups. Look at south Africa. Donald pollock steyn ntini. Kumble and murali Vettori and shane bond for nz. Much better than today's bowlers. Your talking nonsense

[@barbenheimer736]

​@@seanclaxton1408 Yeah naming one bowler per nation definitely means bowling attacks were better in the 2000s. Absolute nonsense the only nations that you could argue had better bowling is Sri Lanka and Australia. South Africa is on par. And we know how good the current Australia attack is and tbf the SL seamers are pretty decent today considering how they went in England.

[@seanclaxton1408]

@barbenheimer736 south Africa is on a par with Donald pollack and ntini running in? Doubtful. Aussies had Warne mcgrath and Lee. Did you ever see shane bond. Even Zimbabwe had a good attack. Windies we're better to. How old are you cos it's clear you didn't watch test cricket in the 2000s

[@maxwatkins7032]

@@seanclaxton1408 just look at test batting averages across that period, I’m probably referring more specifically to 07-13 as the easiest time to bat, almost a 1/3 of best batters ever averaging over 50 played in this era, 2000s and 2010s are the easiest time to bat. Facing pace bowling in this era is definitely the hardest it’s ever been in some time, analytics, have taught bowlers the best spot to bowl. Along with the now consistent use of the wobble ball which is unplayable at times and a skill that was completely under utilised by great bowlers u speak off, which would of benefited greatly in this era of the current conditions.

[@sdskmm]

Steve smith batted 3 for nsw. I bet marnus opens, smith 3 and I reckon they’ll pick Josh Inglis. He’s the best bat outside the Aus team atm.

[@liqht_star96]

Marnus will refuse to open

[@dhrubaduttagupta1777]

​​@@liqht_star96How abt Josh Inglis opening the batting..he has done it in odis and did well

[@liqht_star96]

@@dhrubaduttagupta1777 not possible he’s inexperienced within test cricket and he’s not an opening type of player. I’d go with Bancroft personally

[@bradwaghorn8955]

Give me a break. Bancroft has been the premier domestic batsman for the last 3 years. The first test is in Perth. He must play.

[@AsserRautio-kg5tp]

In a spirit of goodwill and patriotism David Warner has told the selectors that he is willing to come out of retirement now that ban on him being captain has been lifted David Warner now that the Ban is lifted wants to put the past behind him but make sure that Australian team is competitive against India!

[@akileshwarans4733]

Better to keep him out. He will try to put a young bloke under the bus early on. I reckon Aussies need some brownie points to bring in more local audience and viewership.

[@ianscott424]

He doesn't. Simple. He's this year's young player that played one good match and now everyone is jumping on a ridiculous bandwagon. Needs to prove himself at first class level for longer than one match.

[@gooseittv4402]

‘I don’t see the quality in England’s attack’, you two should try face some 95mph bouncers from Archer and Wood, they had the Aussies running for their lives multiple times, not to mention Atkinson, Carse and Stokes

[@twrampage]

Archer? Does he even play tests anymore?

[@Boparai-19]

India is bigger challenge than England

[@gooseittv4402]

@@twrampage yup, he’s back next summer

[@praveenswaminathan3748]

Patterson? Renshaw? What has happened to both these players?

[@pbfamous07]

i dont think crash u can put him down the queue with boland getting him. look at all international cricket last two years. boland is a weapon. even if konstas take a year to flourish, with khawaja ageing, like you said we can't blood two at once. get him in. rarely cricket australia get a kid in (greene obviously) do it again, spice this series up.

[@jolthorn]

I'm with this guy. Pretty smart comment

[@rora109]

LOL how about playing our best xi, you only blood youth if they're dominating shield the way Bancroft did last year

[@maxwatkins7032]

ye hes 8 years away from his prime battingyears, but sometimes theres no other choice

[@arunmahadevan4093]

I've seen the Shield highlights. This guy is too raw, he's not ready for the craftiness of Bumrah and Shami . Blood him against Eng. I think he'll do well against conventional fast bowlers like Potts, Atkinson, Carse.

[@njokic2176]

@@arunmahadevan4093 Shami wont even be fit, not many in world cricket young and old can handle Bumrah regardless

[@UmpireStrikesBack]

The media is pathetically reactive. He's a hero! he's a dud! Calm down. There is a second innings, two shield matches and two Aus A matches before the test series.

[@njokic2176]

exactly right, just get the Kid in the team and give him the next 10 tests to prove himself, like they did with Harris and Bancroft

[@TimBugdic]

That’s the kinda the central point of media lol.

[@UmpireStrikesBack]

@@TimBugdic WRONG. The central point of the media is information. Sensationalism and hyperbole is the result of commercial requirements and a very stupid target market.

[@danielm173]

Can we select an opener that is not near 30 or over it ? Like we need an actual young opener

[@SeriousBartYT]

No Shami, Siraj is off the boil, Akashdeep and Prasidh haven't played a test in Australia before. Nitish is raw too and you have an aging top order. I predict that if Australia wins the first test, then I think they would win the series 4-0 at a canter.

[@bencrabtree5647]

Can you really knock Konstas for being given LBW to a ball that was hitting 5th stump ?

[@ianscott424]

Thinks it's more to do with how much Boland dominated him throughout a rather small sample size.

[@bencrabtree5647]

@@ianscott424 yeah true, but as you said small sample size

[@ianscott424]

@@bencrabtree5647 yep, sample size across the board isn't enough. He's literally played one good first class match, on a flat Adelaide wicket against an attack that lacks any real venom. Will hold judgement for the second innings, but Boland being a world class bowler was all over him on a less friendly batting deck and he looked at sea a bit. Not saying the kids not talented - a century in each innings of a firat class match is class, but it's not quite facing an Indian bowling attack in the first test sort of class. Less pressure on an international debut this season, develop him and get him ready to take an opening spot in a couple of years against softer opposition than India or England.

[@piemandiamond4543]

Carey could open, or at least bat top six, so a pace allrounder like Hardie or Webster can be no.7

[@sammo5786]

Too big of a work load in tests for WK to open the batting. They need a rest after squatting for 90+ overs.

[@piemandiamond4543]

@@sammo5786 Likewise if Marsh opened after bowling. If it's strictly a specialist opener it's Bancroft (or Konstas with another century), If it's next best batter it's Inglis or McSweeney

[@jazza422]

Konstas is the obvious choice assuming he continues his form against India A. Bancroft is mediocre and overrated and would be clueless against world class bowlers like bumrah and ashwin just like the last test he played in England 2019.

[@debasismohanty1952]

Just back young Sam konstas

[@CAAspirant-w1r]

Hey What do you think will Sam Konstas play Perth Test? And, Selectors are also thinking about Inglis in Opening Spot. And Selectors told to WA Management to send Inglis in Opening Position in next WA's Sheild Game.

[@debasismohanty1952]

@@CAAspirant-w1r Sam konstas is a super talented young player selectors should pick him against India and Josh Inglis is a middle order batsman he can't open the innings and he should added in the squad as a back up batter because Josh Inglis can play as a batsman only

[@debasismohanty1952]

@@CAAspirant-w1r australian depth at the moment at next level lots of options available for the selectors i think they will replace players like Steve Smith Usman khawaja starc hezalwood Lyon easily in future

[@CAAspirant-w1r]

@@debasismohanty1952 I also think so. Sam Konstas should open against India. And Josh Inglis is very good player against spin. And India will play Ashwin and Jadeja and when India came in Australia last time for Test series Australia batters struggled against ashwin and jadeja. So, Inglis should play I reckon

[@debasismohanty1952]

@@CAAspirant-w1r australia pitches not going to help the spinners and current indian team looks low on confidence i don't see india doing well aganist australia this time

[@nevvanclarke9225]

Sorry 😞 don't pick him I would go with someone who has made runs for 3 years

[@BigCatinBKK]

I don't rate Marcus Harris, but I'd probably pick him for this series

[@ianscott424]

He did have a go at the selectors last year when they moved Smith to open instead of taking an opener. Selectors seem to have long memories.

[@benharding3179]

@@ianscott424yeah they should have taken bancroft, he killed every other contender last year

[@CAAspirant-w1r]

True.

[@sammo5786]

Has anyone saying Beau Webster should be picked actually watched any shield cricket? Staggering people think he's good enough for test cricket

[@andrewyoung8337]

Get Konstas in. Perfect time to learn from Uzzie and he’s only 19 so there’s plenty of time to go back and fix things if he gets dropped

[@benharding3179]

victorians barracking for victorian’s lmao

[@mikespearwood3914]

Who's the Victorian here?

[@debasismohanty1952]

Carsh forget shami avg 40 with the ball in australia 😂😂 he struggle badly in australian conditions

[@maxwatkins7032]

not true its 32 and was even better in his last series since he figured out scrambled seam

[@debasismohanty1952]

@@maxwatkins7032 shami age 34 i don't see him doing well in australia he already passed his prime

[@maxwatkins7032]

@@debasismohanty1952 all our team is old, why would he not perform

[@nishantkhanna8222]

He isnt Debasis Mohanty..if you know you know