Moises Henriques: I have learned how hard Test cricket is

Australian all-rounder Moises Henriques has been off the Test squad for quite a while, as he also knows somewhere down the heart, that he has not been as impressive as he should have been for Test cricket. However, he feels that consistency is the key to success, and would be rewarded if he remains to be consistent enough. Nevertheless, he has recently been rewarded for his consistency, as the is touring Sri Lanka with the Australian Test side for the upcoming three-match Test series, as he enjoys and prepares in the suitable atmosphere, after making it to the Test side after almost a couple of years. Moises Henriques wishes to repay selectors’ faith on Australia tour Sri Lanka 2016

Although Mitchell Marsh is a well-established all-rounder in the Australian Test side and looks to play, Henriques too could feature ion the side, depending on the amount of balance of the bowling attack, decided by the Australian selectors. Also, Henriques is yet to play a first class game since November 2015, following a calf injury in the Big Bash League (BBL) 2015-16, as selectors made a gamble by choosing him for the Test side.

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Henriques has played only three Tests so far, in 2013 against India, where he had a sound temperament with the bat. Henriques was handly with his long limbs, thus stretching out to hit the spinners, as he scored 68 and an unbeaten 81 in his debut match, thus becoming the first Australian after 1980 to score 50-plus runs in both the innings on debut.

Nevertheless, Henriques was not as impressive in the following Tests, as he fail;ed to score a double figure, while he managed to claim just a couple of wickets, on the tracks that hardly assisted spinners. He was subsequently dropped for the final Test at Delhi, and was later selected in the4 squad for South Africa tour, where he never got the chance to play, and has since remained unused in Tests.

“I hope I’ve improved and I hope I’ve also learnt about how hard Test cricket is, in terms of backing up day after day, Test after Test. You see the likes of Smithy and Davey, how they perform Test after Test and are able to bounce back and just be extremely consistent all the time.” told Henriques.

“It’s not just about one good performance or a couple of good performances. You’ve got to keep churning them and keep being as good as you can for as long as you can. After one good Test I felt like I’d displayed that I was good enough, but just not consistent enough. That’s the biggest thing, is to do it over and over again. I certainly feel like I’ve improved as a cricketer and given the opportunity, I’d like to think I could do even better than I did then,” he added.

Although Henriques couldn’t compete in all the matches of the BBL due to the injury, he managed to play all the seven matches in the cash-rich Indian Premier League (IPL) 2016 for Sunrisers Hyderabad. It resulted to his call from Cricket Australia (CA), where he practiced in a specially designed spin turf in Brisbane and feels that it should allow him to perform better in the spin-friendly tracks in Sri Lanka.