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Forgotten Test star's monster Shield innings - CtrlF.XYZ

Forgotten Test star's monster Shield innings

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Forgotten Test batter Peter Handscomb has sent a timely connection to selectors with a large treble period successful the Sheffield Shield.

Handscomb whacked the 3rd biggest people for Victoria since World War II - and the state's seventh highest Shield people ever - with 281 not retired against Western Australia successful Melbourne.

As the team's captain, helium selflessly chose to state the innings alternatively than pursuit an elusive triple-century.

Handscomb besides passed up the accidental to tally down Brad Hodge's 286 not-out successful the 2007 season, and Dean Jones' 324 not-out in 1994-95. Handscomb's people is the highest successful the Shield since Liam Davis deed 303 successful 2011.

His heroics lifted Victoria to 4-616 declared, putting the vigor connected WA astatine Junction Oval.

Handscomb, 31, was regarded arsenic 1 of Australia's adjacent large things erstwhile helium was brought into the Test squad successful 2016 to play against South Africa.

He scored a half-century connected debut, and the adjacent bid helium scored 2 tons against Pakistan, but that was wherever his awesome Test performances would mostly end.

He was axed aft the 2018-19 bid against India and has not been seen successful the Test arena since.

His Test mean sits astatine 38.91 from 16 matches, which betters his first-class mean of 37.71.

Handscomb is nary accidental to propulsion immoderate of the incumbent Test batters - Steve Smith, Marnus Labuschagne, Travis Head and Cameron Green - retired of the squad this summer, barring injuries.

His Victorian teammate, Will Pucovski, is adjacent successful enactment for an opening presumption erstwhile David Warner and Usman Khawaja marque way.

Australia's adjacent Test lucifer begins connected November 30 against the West Indies successful Perth.

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