Sam Konstas puts away the ramp shot for his second innings at the SCG after a wild opening day

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Sam Konstas puts away the ramp shot for his second innings at the SCG after a wild opening day

Second time around Sam Konstas got the message about toning down his wild batting antics putting his reverse-ramp away after NSW took control of the clash with Victoria. Teen tyro Konstas left the ball four times facing Scott Boland in the opening over of his team’s second innings but while he lasted 44 deliveries, 37 more than the first innings, he still only made 17, falling to Boland again.

After reverse ramping Boland for four, second ball he faced, in a

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. Konstas hardly played a shot in his first seven ****** in the second dig.

He didn’t get off the mark until his 13th delivery, a more conservative approach in keeping with the style which netted him the twin hundreds that pushed him into the Test team.

But his returns of 3, 22, 10 and now 17 in four Sheffield Shield innings after being sent home from the tour of Sri Lanka could pose questions about his spot at the top of the *********** order for the World Test Championship final at Lord’s in June.

Konstas was given a second bat in as many days after veteran seamer Jackson Bird took two wickets in his opening over to help roll Victoria for 182, a deficit of 56.

The visitors then started with a fielder on the third man on the boundary to potentially catch any ramps from Konstas who hit one, but missed another in the first innings, a much to the dismay of former NSW coach Phil Jaques who called it “unexplainable” batting.

The antics of the 19-year-old, who used the same approach in his Test debut against India but made just 10 against the Vics, raised some eyebrows but *********** great Adam Gilchrist, prone to some pure slogging himself, suggested it was the “new way”.

With his guard well and truly up, Konstas only made one run in his first 22 ****** before expanding his second innings, hitting three boundaries before Boland had him caught at point, slashing at a wide ball, just before tea reducing NSW to 2-45, a lead of 101 runs.

After 45 wickets fell across the first day of the three Shield games at the SCG, Gabba and Adelaide Oval on Tuesday, the batters took back some control on day two.

While Victoria lost six wickets for not much, Western Australia put Queensland to the sword early reaching 3-225 before Michael Neser struck.

The visitors lost 4-20 and inched their lead past 100 with the wickets in the shed going in to the final sessions.

At the Adelaide Oval, having been rolled for just 93 in their first innings, South Australia lost Henry Hunt first ball of day two, before opener Conor McInerney and Jason Sangha put on a 100-run stand in the home team’s second innings.

The Redbacks, who are top of the Shield table after years of poor results, pushed their lead past 150 at tea and into a strong position.

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