Victorian teen batting prodigy Ollie Peake has rocketed onto the radar of the Australian selectors after his match-winning knock steered his state to a win over reigning champions South Australia in the opening match of the Sheffield Shield season on Tuesday.

Peake might have only turned 19 last month and was playing just his second Shield game, but his 70 not out displayed the composure and skill that have marked him as a future middle-order Test star.

The selectors are already well aware of Peake’s talents. He and NSW’s Sam Konstas were in the Australian team that won last year’s under-19 World Cup in South Africa, and both played for Australia A in India a fortnight ago. The selectors also took the Geelong youngster to Sri Lanka with the Australian Test squad earlier this year as part

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