The first three sessions of this year’s Boxing Day Test had absolutely everything. A teenage debutant ramping the world’s best bowler for six not once, but twice.
Sixers’ first ton since summer of Smith virtually ends Stars’ season as world No.1 bowler belted
James Vince became just the second Sixers player to score a BBL century as the men in magenta heaped more misery on the winless Stars with the highest run chase of the BBL season.
‘Beauty about being young’: How Konstas survived ‘surreal, heated’ debut amid Indian déjà vu
Not even Sam Konstas could have foreseen how his Boxing Day Test debut would unfold, in an experience even he himself describes as “surreal.”
‘Hands like Copperfield, eye of a dead fish’: Konstas-mania and the 75 minutes that rocked cricket
In the days preceding an audacious Test cricket debut, Australian captain Pat Cummins and coach Andrew McDonald made clear they had granted Sam Konstas a licence to thrill.
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Two incredible runouts turned the second BBL Boxing Day clash to send the massive Perth crowd into a frenzy.
‘Completely acted wrong’: Kohli shock as star avoids ban for ‘ridiculous’ clash with Aussie teen
Indian veteran Virat Kohli has avoided a suspension after he made forceful contact with Australian debutant Sam Konstas in the opening session of the Boxing Day Test.
‘Better behaviour is expected’: Indian media whacks Kohli as Khawaja intervention revealed
Virat Kohli has been criticised in the Indian media for his aggressive mid-pitch collision with teen Aussie rookie Sam Konstas, with the incident branded unbecoming for a cricket great.
‘Hopefully he might come back on’: Aussie sensation trolls Bumrah as Boxing Day blitz stuns MCG
All the talk heading into the Boxing Day Test was that debutant Sam Konstas’ confidence was the real deal and the teen freak wasted no time proving it.
Virat Kohli fined 20% of match fee after Sam Konstas clash in Boxing Day Test
- Kohli had shouldered Australian teenage debutant
- India batsman accepts match referee’s sanction
India’s Virat Kohli has been fined 20% of his match fees following a clash of shoulders with the debutant Australia opener Sam Konstas in the Boxing Day Test between the sides in Melbourne on Thursday.
Kohli was booed by the crowd at the Melbourne Cricket Ground after bumping into Konstas as the the 19-year-old batter walked down the pitch for a chat with his opening partner Usman Khawaja at the end of the 10th over on the opening day of the fourth Test.
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India have pulled the trigger at the selection table for their biggest and final Test match of 2024, dropping batter Shubman Gill in favour of playing a second spinner in Washington Sundar.
Konstas arrives in all-time Boxing Day session but Marnus moment of madness helps India back in it
Australian debutant Sam Konstas produced one of cricket’s most memorable Boxing Day performances before a late burst from Jasprit Bumrah gave India a glimmer of hope following a topsy-turvy day at the MCG.
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Australia’s ‘brittle’ weakness called out ahead of ‘massive’ India showdown
Former Indian coach Ravi Shastri believes Australia’s “brittle” batting line-up has India in the box seat to win the Boxing Day Test and clinch a third consecutive series victory Down Under.
‘Stops riots outside the Members Stand’: Aussie skipper backs cult hero for big MCG return
After decimating England in the Ashes at the MCG three years ago, Victorian paceman Scott Boland is primed to unleash his brilliant best against India on Boxing Day, Australian captain Pat Cummins declared on Christmas Day.
‘They’re the idiots who picked me’: Aussie skipper’s hilarious message to relieve pressure on new opening sensation
As a former teenage debutant, Australian captain Pat Cummins has a better concept than most about the experience new Test opener Sam Konstas has enjoyed this week.