Australia’s Peter Handscomb could hardly fail to be delighted with a fledgling Test career that has already brought two centuries, but he is realistic enough to concede that home conditions have played their part. The 25-year-old middle-order batsman grabbed his second century against Pakistan on Wednesday, becoming the second Australian after Herbie Collins in the 1920s to score more than 50 runs in each of his first four Tests. "Any time you can make a Test hundred is always going to feel amazing. It’s just been incredible," Handscomb said. "It’s been a nice start and definitely something I didn’t feel was going to happen, taking that next step up to this level. "I’ve been very lucky in the way that I’ve come in, in my own conditions, in my own country. I have a good understanding of what was going to be coming at me. Had I debuted somewhere else, it might have been a different story." Handscomb got his chance to show his composure and unorthodox technique at the top level when Au...
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