Sam Konstas has hit a major bump in the road to retaining his spot in the Australian team for the Ashes after he was dismissed for a four-ball duck in the Sheffield Shield .

Fellow Ashes hopeful Scott Boland was the man to cut the young star's time at the crease short on Wednesday, collecting Konstas' wicket with an lbw on his fourth delivery.

Konstas left the opening three balls that came in his direction from Boland before his disastrous ending was confirmed with just over an hour left in day one's play. Victoria had earlier been dismissed for 240. Advertisement

The result comes at an unfortunate time for Konstas, given all eyes are on Australia's incumbent stars in the build up to the Ashes.

A rocky run of results in recent weeks in the Sheffield Shield and Dean Jones Cup has

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