On Sam Konstas day, sorry Boxing Day, Ollie Peake was the Test team’s “water boy”, running drinks and gloves to his former Australian under-19s teammate.

He heard Usman Khawaja’s almost incredulous laughter at how Konstas took down Jasprit Bumrah, the roar of the crowd and the interventions of spider cam.

It was a “different world” for 19-year-old Peake, but one that he is intent on entering sooner rather than later.

After a sublimely composed, unbeaten 70 to guide Victoria to an opening Sheffield Shield win over South Australia in Adelaide, Peake will face Konstas at Junction Oval this week with the aim of emulating his peer’s rapid rise to Test stardom.

“It was pretty surreal to see,” Peake said. “I caught Uzzy a couple of times chuckling at him and sort of thinking, ‘How crazy is th

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