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Find your Sport Nation frequency“Brutal”: Konstas gains unwanted Aussie record
Andrew Slevison • July 14th, 2025 11:56 am
Test cricket is brutal.
Just ask Sam Konstas who fell for a duck in Australia’s second innings of the third Test against the West Indies in Kingston.
After making 17 in the first dig, Konstas lasted just five balls of his second knock, caught at gully by Roston Chase after a thick edge off Shamar Joseph.
The 19-year-old, who cut a forlorn figure as he strode back to the dressing room, has struggled in this series. He finishes with just 50 runs at an average of 8.33 - the lowest average by an Aussie opener in a Test tour of the West Indies since 1984.
Konstas has scored 3, 5, 25, 0, 17 and 0 on this tour.
Fellow opener Usman Khawaja was also dismissed early in third session on Day 2, bowled by Shamar after chopping on for 14.
SEN Cricket’s Adam White suggests the latest Konstas knock only provides Australian selectors with more questions ahead of this summer’s Ashes.
“He’s been taken in the gully, Konstas gone for a duck. His last innings in the West Indies and his last opportunity ahead of the Ashes in green and gold colours and he falls without scoring," White said.
“Comfortably taken and Sam Konstas goes without scoring. More questions, certainly no answers.
“These are the toughest conditions in Test cricket in an environment that is pretty hostile.
“It was an open face, glided away rather than outside edge. A simple catch was made and he’s on his way.
“It’s hard to put into words and the same old questions but no answers. Maybe it isn’t Sam Konstas. He’s had six opportunities here in the West Indies.
“A simple catch.”
Bharat Sundaresan posted pictures of Konstas on X as he trudged off the ground, highlighting just how lonely a place the Test cricket arena can be if you’re battling.
The Aussies do have a fairly strong foothold in the third Test, leading by over 100 runs after dismissing the West Indies for 143 having made 225 in the first innings.
