Handscomb’s happy to open a window of opportunity

By Joe Leavey

Games: Peter Handscomb

PETER Handscomb knows that to be a successful cricketer you have to be brutally honest with yourself at all times.
After a whirlwind start to life as a Test batsman – the Victorian became the first man not to have been dismissed for less than 50 in his first seven innings – the 27-year-old has since struggled for consistency.
Stints in and out of the international set-up have followed sporadically, with Handscomb never seemingly able to nail down a place as a serial starter.
After making just four having been drafted in ...

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