Join now and get your first month for just $1<\/a>.<\/p>\nFrom there he once again wreacked havoc on the Western Australian bowling cartel, reaching triple figures after only 106 balls before his innings came to an end on 149 from 131.<\/p>\n
On the way, Konstas belted 15 boundaries and four maximums, with two fours and one six coming in an expensive 18-run Mahli Beardman over late in his barrage.<\/p>\n
\u201cHuge expectations on this young man\u2019s shoulders… now he has a hundred, what a week it has been for Sam Konstas,\u201d the commentator said on Kayo Sports.<\/p>\n
\u201cHis second List A hundred to go along with the 150 against Western Australia a couple of days ago in the (Sheffield) Shield.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe reputation is growing and the knocking on the door is getting lounder.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Sam Konstas of New South Wales celebrates his century during the One Day Cup match between Western Australia and New South Wales.Source: Getty Images<\/p>\n
Following his midweek Shield century, former NSW coach Greg Shipperd backed Konstas to return to the top of the order for Australia during the Test summer.<\/p>\n
The spotlight is on Pat Cummins\u2019 side after an ugly batting display in the first innings, with wildcard opener Nic Maddinson failing to fire alongside the under-siege Marnus Labuschagne.<\/p>\n
Konstas already have five Test appearances to his name, having made his debut against India in a Boxing Day Test at only 19 years of age.<\/p>\n
Following a run-filled week, the talented batsmen could be firmly in selection calculations following the South Africa series.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs far as Sam goes, well, what a unique story, he made some early season hundreds (in 2024) and ended up playing for Australia,\u201d Shipperd said on SEN.<\/p>\n
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\u201cHe thinks on his feet; he took down (Jasprit) Bumrah and Australia won the Test match. He was so young in his game, he thought that that may be the recipe for the rest of his career.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut you know, domestic cricket is better than that, bowlers are better than that, and strategy from other teams is better than that. They put the pressure back on him, so there was a realisation point where he needed to tidy and clean up his technique.\u201d<\/p>\n
Shipperd also explained that Konstas spent a lengthy period getting \u201clots of 30s\u201d but has turned those scores into big hundreds so far this season.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s restarted that process this year very well, so for me I\u2019d have him flagged as Renshaw\u2019s opening partner in the New Zealand series for me as trying to find that next opening partnership, which is crucial to the stability of the Australian cricket team,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sam Konstas has another hundred, belting 149 in an attacking masterclass against Western Australia in NSW\u2019s One Day…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":939104,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[564],"tags":[64,63,740,85],"class_list":["post-939103","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-cricket","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/939103","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=939103"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/939103\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/939104"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=939103"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=939103"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=939103"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}