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McSweeney scored 39 and 88* while batting at No. 4 against India A in Mackay last week, but he will be back at the top of the order for the tour match in Melbourne to prove he is capable of filling the vacant opener's spot. Is the right player for.
The retirement of long-serving opener David Warner at the beginning of the year and veteran batsman Steve Smith's return to his preferred role at No. 4 have created a vacancy at the top of Australia's batting order ahead of the India tour and the Border-Gavaskar Trophy clash. Has given.
Although McSweeney has never opened at the domestic level before, Australian great Ricky Ponting recently suggested that the right-handed batsman has impressed him a lot and that regular opener at the top of the order against India, Usman Khawaja He was the obvious choice to pair with.
“I don't think they'll go back to (Cameron) Bancroft or (Marcus) Harris, because if they were willing to do that they would have done so last year. More or less the only name left for me is Nathan McSweeney, who is a Queensland Born in and now playing for South Australia, he has the most experience among all these players in the Australia A game. Captaining them. So, I'm leaning towards McSweeney now for the opening role at the start of the Australian summer,” Ponting said in the most recent episode of ICC Review.
The Australian selectors also seem to agree with Ponting's views, with McSweeney set to open with Harris against India A this week, with Cameron Bancroft (No. 3) and teenager Sam Konstas (No. 4) batting behind him for the Tests. Australia's chairman of selection George Bailey said the match in Melbourne will help shape the 13-player squad that the reigning World Test Championship winners will select for the opening Test against India in Perth.
(ANI)
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