Australia won all three Tests in their series against the West Indies, which ended earlier this week. However, the Australian top order performed poorly. Sam Konstas, 19, was handed the opportunity to start the batting in place of Marnus Labuschagne, who failed to impress in the World Test Championship (WTC) final last month. However, the kid only managed 50 runs in six innings, with an average of 8.33.
Australian head coach Andrew McDonald, on the other hand, defended the right-handed batter,
Pointing out that the conditions in the Caribbean were heavily favourable to bowlers and that batters had little chance, particularly against the pink Dukes ball in the third Test, in which the West Indies were bowled out for the second-lowest total (27) in a Test innings.
“I don’t think anyone’s been harmed by being exposed to Test cricket. It gives you a sense of what that level is like, and he knows what he needs to work on,” McDonald said of Konstas’ performance, in which he not only struggled with the bat but also lost catches and misfielded against Roston Chase and Co.
Andrew McDonald stated that Konstas’ aggressive attitude to batting in Test cricket is still in its early stages, and that the difficult conditions hampered his efforts.
“When you’ve got up-and-down seaming wickets, it can force you into those corners a lot quicker than surfaces that are batter-friendly,” McDonald told me.
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