Since the age of 14, the NSW youngster has been plundering centuries. Now he is confident he is ready for the Test arena.
Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time.The runs. The sheer number of runs. More than 5000 of them in Sydney grade and Sheffield Shield cricket, starting from the age of 14. Sam Konstas, now 19, has racked up centuries with monotonous regularity over the past five summers, a dream start to a career in which the most important currency a batter deals in is runs.
And still, the runs have kept coming. Just last week, Konstas plundered 107 runs off 97 balls for the Prime Minister’s XI against a near full-strength Indian bowling attack.
“I really want the chance,” Konstas said on Wednesday about the prospect of a Test debut. “I love being challenged and hopefully that can happen soon.”Konstas was born at St George Hospital 20 days after England’s famous series win over Australia in the 2005 Ashes.
“We actually met a long time ago,” Henriques, now Konstas’ NSW skipper, said. “He showed me a photo of us at Hurstville Oval, and then I recognised him. He was very familiar because he watched our first-grade team a lot. I think I gave him some gloves.The whispers got louder. It was because Konstas had such a sound technique. It was because the other dads could see their own sons weren’t in the same class as him. But, mostly, it was because of the runs.Across stints with St.
“He’s the most polite young man I’ve probably ever encountered, to be honest,” said Sutherland club official Tom Iceton. “Part of that comes from his mentor, who’s the most polite international player I’ve ever dealt with. Watto is a champion.” He was having a quiet net session near Cranbrook’s junior school – where his son Will is a student – when he noticed a boy with curly brown hair running over.
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