Connolly selection has raised some eyebrows since he doesn’t have 96 deliveries wickt in his first -class career so far. But the three matches of his shield have been in the field of Waca friendly with the rhythm, while he launched only six overs against India A in Mackay in early November, which was his last first class.
“That is all you should do in these conditions, just try to play so many good balls in a good area and let the conditions take over.”
The inclusion of Connolly also underlines bolder selections of the Australian hierarchy that have shown the will to experiment since he chose Sam Konstas, 19, for the Boxing Day test against India.
With the place of Australia in the final of the Worldly Asked Testing Championship, Connolly surpassed Glenn Maxwell for a place on the Sri Lanka tour, since he made his debut T20i and Odi in the Backend last year. Without a doubt, the selectors have an eye towards the future (the next tour of Australia India is only two years away, but they will insist that their selection in the second test is a decision based on specific conditions.
At this stage of his incipient career, Connolly is undoubtedly a much strong 115 balls in debut at number 7 in the final of last year’s shield between WA and Tasmania.
It was an elegant blow to a complicated Waca surface that instantly made comparisons with the former Great Marsh of Wa Great Shaun. But given his integral skills and his ability to factor X, with a strange ability to hit the most fascinating shots, Connolly has been compared to Maxwell and Travis Head.
“It’s great to be honest. You dream of that when you are a child who sees them hit him,” said Esprricinfo last December about comparisons with Maxwell and Head. “I feel proud of myself … it’s a dream to wear a comfortable green.”
