Australian cricketing royalty Allan Border has urged Sam Konstas to forget about the ramp shot if he wants to win back his spot at the top of the order of the Test side, while the former skipper also questioned whether Cam Green was the right man to bat first drop in the Ashes.

Konstas was bowled for 20 against Victoria in a 50-over match while attempting a ramp shot after he’d successfully played a reverse ramp shot for six earlier in his innings.

The young gun’s aggressive approach has been praised by some but criticised by others who want to see more patience from the opening batter who burst onto the scene with an electrifying half-century on debut against India on Boxing Day.

His technique was exposed in tricky conditions in the West Indies earlier this year, with the 20-year-old e

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