Nathan McSweeney is all set to be veteran Usman Khawaja's opening partner for the highly anticipated Border-Gavaskar Trophy against India, solving the World Test Championship (WTC) title holder's highly-debated opening conundrum.
Australia included uncapped batter Nathan McSweeney as the national side announced a 13-member squad for the much-awaited Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25 against India for the opening Test of the five-match series in Perth.
McSweeney won a bat-off for the opening slot among him, Sam Konstas and Australian veterans Marcus Harris and Cameron Bancroft during the recently concluded two-match unofficial Test series between Australia A and India A at home. He top-scored in the series with 166 runs in four innings at an average of 55.33, with best score of 88 in the first match at Mackay.
The 25-year-old has some solid Sheffield Shield season numbers to back up. During the ongoing season, he is the fifth-highest run-getter with 291 runs in four innings at an average of 97.00. He has scored a century and two fifties, with the best score of 127*.
In 34 first-class matches since his debut in 2018, he has scored 2,252 runs at an average of 38.16, with six centuries and 12 fifties in 67 innings. His best score is 127*. He can also deliver some useful spin bowling, having taken 18 wickets at an average of 30.88 and best figures of 4/89.
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