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Two years before that, and just a month after his 17th birthday, Konstas became the youngest batter to score a century for Sutherland in the top tier of Sydney's notoriously tough grade cricket.

We don't have crowds at grade cricket but that is his personality coming out.

Holder arranged Crawley's stint in grade cricket with Perth club Wembley Districts, where they rated the then 18-year-old as an excellent golfer but a terrible poker player.

He has, however, gained some experience of Australian cricket culture after spending a winter in Sydney playing grade cricket.

A further stage in Brook's cricketing education came in Sydney's notoriously tough grade cricket competition with the University of New South Wales, the former club of Australia internationals Michael Slater, Geoff Lawson and Dan Christian.