Rookie opener Nathan McSweeney will probably be coming into his maiden Check collection with quite a bit driving on him, however Australia captain Pat Cummins on Thursday provided him some comforting recommendation, saying he ought to give attention to taking part in his pure recreation and never “imitate” his predecessor — the good David Warner. McSweeney, 25, will probably be filling the spot left vacant by the retirement of Warner earlier this 12 months and associate Usman Khawaja on the high of the order within the marquee Border-Gavaskar Check collection towards India beginning right here on Friday.
“Davey could be very exhausting to exchange, in some ways. I believe crucial factor for somebody like Nath, who’s coming in, is simply to play his personal recreation. He would not must strike it (at), you recognize, 80 like David did, if that is not his recreation,” Cummins stated on the pre-match press convention.
“So for them (McSweeney and Khawaja), I might like to see them carry one of the best out of one another, they’ve performed a little bit bit and batted a bit collectively for Queensland. However yeah, I believe for each of them, it is about bringing what they carry to the desk.
“You understand, for Uzzie, it is about getting the bowlers to return again and again and again once more. And I believe Nath is fairly comparable in that regard,” Cummins added.
A giant fan of the legendary Ricky Ponting, McSweeney has been tasked to open on his Australia debut regardless of not being a specialist in that place however he stays unfazed forward of his large take a look at within the series-opener towards India.
McSweeney was picked within the squad for the primary Check forward of standard openers together with Marcus Harris.
He bought a nationwide call-up following a good outing towards India A earlier this month. He bats at quantity three in home cricket.
He confronted the formidable trio of Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood within the Australia nets right here on Monday and regarded in management.
Raised in Brisbane, McSweeney performed his junior cricket for Caboolture earlier than graduating to Premier Cricket membership Northern Suburbs the place he debuted in first grade aged 16.
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