1 hour ago Australia’s selectors took a punt on Sam Konstas as Test opener – and he is left with the debt | Geoff Lemon

There was no firm basis to pick the teenager to begin with, but having done so, his only chance of success was to be backed as though there wasSam Konstas had given up. After his duck in Grenada, he looked devastated. After his duck in Jamaica, resigned. On body language, here was a player expecting to make nothing and expecting to be dropped. After his second shot at batting in the third Test proved futile, his second stint of fielding was one of absence: late to move, throwing one hand at the first dropped catch, snatching at the second, misfielding the run that let West Indies escape the lowest Test score. On the tour that might have been his making, nothing had gone right.You had to feel sorry for him, still 19 years old in a team of ancient dads. He had walked into his Test career full of bravura and left it five matches later with an average of 16. In nine innings since his 60 on debut he has averaged 11. The cockiness must have curdled to embarrassment. This is not to pile on...

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3 h. ago Delta moving away from set fares and towards personalized price plan using AI

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3 h. ago Man Utd transfer news: Marcus Rashford 'doesn't deserve' move as Brighton star holds talks

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5 h. ago Inside horror house where grandparents beat a toddler to death: Despicable abuse and starvation missed by social services, as daughter reveals

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7 h. ago Breakfast's Naga Munchetty 'set to quit' BBC for rival station with 'less fluffy nonsense'

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8 h. ago Keir Starmer to hold major meeting with German Chancellor in UK

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9 h. ago Liverpool fans think they know what Virgil van Dijk said to Alexander Isak amid £125m chase

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9 h. ago Mum fights off woman armed with two knives who tried to steal her baby in the park

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9 h. ago Amanda Holden, 54, reveals her secrets to taking flattering sexy bikini pictures and the surprising way she keeps her ageless beauty

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10 h. ago Amanda Holden reveals her secrets to taking flattering sexy bikini pictures and the surprising way she keeps her ageless beauty

The Britain's Got Talent judge, 54, regularly shows off her jaw-dropping figure in skimpy bikinis on social media during her sun-soaked holidays.

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11 h. ago What to know about the African kingdom of Eswatini where the US sent 5 deportees

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12 h. ago Man told friend he was scared of ex accused of stabbing him to death – court

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12 h. ago Queen Camilla shows her competitive side as she takes to the air hockey table at a children's hospice

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13 h. ago Tesco shoppers floored by 'disgusting' price of item spotted on shelves

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13 h. ago My friends made plans without me – is it OK to invite myself?

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13 h. ago My friends made plans without me – is it weird to invite myself?

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13 h. ago Queen Camilla shakes hand of adorable little boy on board HMS Astute after becoming first UK woman to hold top Naval role

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13 h. ago Astonishing moment Russian soldiers surrender to Ukrainian patrol made up entirely of robots and drones

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