Park cricketers have long enjoyed the luxury of putting a little GST – also referred to as ‘mayonnaise’ – on their efforts at the crease.

They can embellish a knock however they like to mates and family members who weren’t there to see it.

Sam Konstas found himself in a similar situation after compiling 109 for Australia A against India A in Lucknow last month.

It was the century that has Australian cricket talking, but like a tree falling in the woods, only a handful of people at the Ekana Cricket Stadium – and some online scorecards – could verify it happened.

Remarkably, in a country obsessed with cricket, Konstas’ polished innings wasn’t streamed or televised. A wagon wheel on the BCCI website revealed where Konstas picked off his runs and boundaries – 57 per cent into the leg side

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