At just 20 years of age, Konstas was the toast of Australian cricket when he took on the Indian pace attack and won, in his Boxing Day Test debut brilliance.<\/p>\n
But less than 12 months on, the NSW prodigy is struggling.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf I\u2019m being honest I really feel for the young man,\u201d Hussey said on Fox Cricket.<\/p>\n
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Konstas’ 53 keeps him in Ashes hunt | 01:02<\/p>\n
\u201cGiven the opportunity against India, played that amazing innings at the MCG that had us all gobsmacked. But we all knew that was not a sustainable way to be successful in Test match cricket.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s obviously got enormous talent \u2013 but he\u2019s still so young. He\u2019s still trying to figure out what his best game looks like.<\/p>\n
\u201cUnfortunately for him, he started his Sheffield Shield season here in Perth on a very difficult pitch for batting. Not ideal to get a big score on the board.<\/p>\n
\u201cI personally would just love to see Sam go back to Shield cricket \u2013 stay there for a year, two years, score lots of runs for New South Wales, learn about his game and then when he\u2019s picked he\u2019s ready to go, and he\u2019s got a lot of runs behind him and a better understanding of his own game.<\/p>\n
\u201cJust want to let this kid go and develop slowly and quietly.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd then when he\u2019s ready, bang! He\u2019s going to go and burst on the scene and have a huge career hopefully for Australia.\u201d<\/p>\n
Sam Konstas has struggled in recent Shield matches.Source: Getty Images<\/p>\n
It was a sentiment echoed by fellow ex-Aussie Test star Brad Haddin. <\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s gone away and he\u2019s changed different techniques in his game,\u201d Haddin said.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut you don\u2019t want to be doing that \u2013 Marnus (Labuschagne) was probably an example for that and we\u2019ve seen what happened when he got away. You don\u2019t want to be doing that under the microscope of Test match cricket.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s still tinkering with what works in his technique.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd that me says a lot. He\u2019s still got to go back and find his game. Find his game at state level, understand what works for him.\u201d<\/p>\n
Haddin said the fact the best Test cricketers were still playing well into their 30s was a sign there was no rush for Konstas.<\/p>\n
\u201cHuss and I debuted for Australia at 30! I played 66 Tests \u2013 Huss played, probably have played 150 but that\u2019s a different conversation,\u201d he laughed.<\/p>\n
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\u201c(Konstas\u2019) best cricket might be when he\u2019s 25 and he\u2019s still got 10 years!<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t think we need to be rushing him into the spotlight until he understands his game.\u201d<\/p>\n