1 day ago · Cricket NSW supports the national selection panel's decision to send Sam Konstas home early from Australia's tour of Sri Lanka.

2 days ago · Sam Konstas has flown home from the Australian cricket team's tour of Sri Lanka and will play in the Sheffield Shield for New South Wales. After being replaced at the top of the batting order in ...

1 day ago · Sam Konstas’s Sri Lanka tour is officially over with the teenage star returning to Australia to play Sheffield Shield for NSW. Despite an impressive first two Tests, Konstas was replaced at the top of the batting order by the more experienced Travis Head in last week’s series opener in Galle ...

2 days ago · Australia’s young opener Sam Konstas is departing from the Sri Lanka tour to feature in New South Wales’ next Sheffield Shield 2024-25 encounter against Queensland, starting on February 8. Konstas made an eventful debut against India during the 2024-25 …

1 day ago · Australia expects a more traditional Galle pitch for the second and final Test in Sri Lanka, after taking full advantage of conditions to dominate the series opener.

1 day ago · It was the Australia team's desire to reconfigure their batting order on spin-friendly subcontinent pitches that led to Konstas's omission after the stunning start to his Test career.

1 day ago · Young gun batting tyro Sam Konstas has been sent home from Sri Lanka before the second Test in Galle. The 19-year-old was in the Australian squad but will now fly back to Sydney to play for New South Wales in the Sheffield Shield. The news came just a day after former Test player Brad Haddin called for the Aussies to send Konstas home …

Jan 29, 2025 · The selection news is a bitter blow for Konstas, who showcased his raw batting talent in two Test triumphs that secured Australia’s first series win over India in a decade.

Konstas, Webster and Boland, the unusual suspects in Australia's moment of glory

Dec 26, 2024 · Australia's controversial selection of 19-year-old Sam Konstas has paid off on Boxing Day at the MCG, with the opener powering to 60 off 65 balls in his debut innings to set Australia up in the fourth Test against India.