Bridgetown [Barbados], June 29 (ANI): Australia head coach Andrew McDonald has known as for endurance with teenager Sam Konstas following his flop present at Kensington Oval within the opening Take a look at towards the West Indies.
The opening fixture was fought on even phrases until the morning of the third day, courtesy of the methods Bridgetown’s floor performed on the batters. Regardless of the mystifying situations, the Saggy Greens raced to a complete 159-run triumph to take a 1-0 lead within the three-match contest.
Konstas, who introduced himself to the world with a swashbuckling 60 in entrance of a sold-out crowd on the MCG towards India, miserably didn’t captivate spectators. Konstas, identified for his belligerent type of play, returned cheaply with scores of three(14) and 5(38).
“It felt like he was caught at occasions and was overaggressive after which underplayed. It is actually that steadiness and tempo. He is acquired that there, and that is a step-up to Take a look at cricket [when] the stress’s on. He is acquired a very good accomplice down the opposite finish. All we ask for is a little bit of endurance and time with it,” McDonald mentioned as quoted from the Sydney Morning Herald.
“We have had some conversations round probably, if you happen to’re in that state of affairs once more, what does that appear to be? He is aware of his deficiencies. He’ll be taught to play with what he is acquired. These guys are on a journey. They’re beginning out, and a few folks get there sooner than others,” he added.
After folding on 180 within the first innings, Australia had been reeling at 65/4 within the second. Travis Head (61), Beau Webster (63) and Alex Carey (65) fuelled Australia’s second innings to a preventing 310, which utterly modified the complexion of the sport.
“We had been positively put beneath stress all through that complete recreation. Unimaginable partnership from Travis [Head] and Beau [Webster] to navigate by means of and provides us one thing to bowl at. The wicket shocked us. There was sufficient seam and variable bounce, which made it tough for batting,” McDonald mentioned.
“It is a step into the unknown [in Grenada]. We’ll make an informed guess as to what the floor might do. I feel it might lend itself to being a tempo bowling-dominated sequence in the event that they maintain the surfaces much like that,” he added. (ANI)