Six-hitting phenom earns maiden state call-up after record-breaking triple-hundred

Former Australian Under-19 World Cup champion Harjas Singh has earned a maiden NSW second XI call-up following last week’s record-breaking triple-century for Western Suburbs.

Last week, the 20-year-old made global headlines after smacking a 141-ball 314 in a one-day contest against Sydney Cricket Club at Ashfield’s Pratten Park, the third-highest individual score in NSW Premier first-grade history. He struck 35 sixes during the whirlwind knock, steering Western Suburbs towards a record-breaking total of 5-483.

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Speaking to Fox Cricket after the match, Singh declared that he had two goals for the remainder of the season — play a second XI match for NSW and make his Big Bash debut.

And the first of those milestones has been achieved, with Cricket NSW confirming Singh had been selected for next week’s four-day contest against South Australia at Adelaide’s Karen Rolton Oval, which gets underway on Monday.

“The mental side of the game I’ve worked on quite well,” Singh told Fox Cricket last week.

“I’ve missed out (on a state rookie contract) the last season or two, worrying about stuff outside my own game.

“But I feel like I’ve brought myself to just worrying about what’s going on with my own game.”

He added: “Cricket’s just a game. You can be up one week and then next week against Parramatta get a duck, so you never know how cricket’s going to.”

Singh represented Australia during last year’s triumphant Under-19 World Cup campaign in South Africa, playing alongside the likes of Sam Konstas and Mahli Beardman. He top-scored for Australia in the final against India with a counterpunching 55 from 64 balls.

Three years ago, the left-hander became the eighth-youngest cricketer to score a century in Sydney’s first-grade competition, achieving the feat before his 17th birthday. He is mentored by high-profile batting coach Neil D’Costa, who boasts a network of players, including Marnus Labuschagne, Michael Clarke and Phillip Hughes.

Singh represented the Sydney Thunder during a T10 competition earlier this year, but the men in lime green will no doubt be considering him for a Big Bash debut sometime this summer.

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