“There’s no bigger game,” Webster said. “I’ll be stoked if that comes about.” Sam Konstas’ blazing debut at the MCG may have grabbed headlines over summer, but Webster’s winning runs at the SCG the following week told a different kind of story: one of patience, perseverance and the hard work of a late bloomer. Webster now has a Baggy Green, a Test half-century, and international wickets – of both the seam and spin variety. He sealed a Border-Gavaskar series, went to Sri Lanka on a maiden overseas Test tour, and picked up his first Cricket Australia contract in March – all part of a “whirlwind” few months. Off the field, Webster married his long-time partner Maddy at Hobart’s Royal Botanical Gardens before jetting off to the UK to get some more red ball cricket in before the WTC final.