Showed glimpses but didn’t quite nail national team position, laments Ben Dunk

Recalling his short stint with the Kangaroos, Dunk admitted that it was his lack of consistency that cost him a place in the national side. Dunk played only 5 games in the baggy green and ended up with just 99 runs and with all the competition in Australian Cricket, he was pushed to the shadows.

“I played two series, a couple of years ago. 2014 and 2016, maybe? Played five games in total and to be fair I showed glimpses of what I can do, I just didn’t quite nail the position. Unfortunately in Australia, selection moves very fast. When given the opportunity you need to perform, and I just didn’t do that consistently enough to warrant my selection regularly in that team,” he said, reported ESPNCricinfo. 

“But obviously, yeah, I would love to play more games for Australia, but I think that’s always going to be the case, even if you play 100 games, you’d like to play 101. As a boy growing up, I really dreamt about playing for Australia and I feel really fortunate and blessed to have accomplished that at some stage.”