Rookie opener Nathan McSweeney might be getting into his maiden Check collection with rather a lot driving on him, however Australia captain Pat Cummins on Thursday supplied him some comforting recommendation, saying he ought to concentrate on taking part in his pure recreation and never “imitate” his predecessor — the nice David Warner. McSweeney, 25, might be filling the spot left vacant by the retirement of Warner earlier this 12 months and companion Usman Khawaja on the prime of the order within the marquee Border-Gavaskar Check collection towards India beginning right here on Friday.
“Davey could be very onerous to exchange, in some ways. I feel crucial factor for somebody like Nath, who’s coming in, is simply to play his personal recreation. He does not have to strike it (at), you recognize, 80 like David did, if that is not his recreation,” Cummins mentioned on the pre-match press convention.
“So for them (McSweeney and Khawaja), I’d like to see them carry one of the best out of one another, they’ve performed a bit bit and batted a bit collectively for Queensland. However yeah, I feel for each of them, it is about bringing what they carry to the desk.
“You already know, for Uzzie, it is about getting the bowlers to come back again and again and again once more. And I feel Nath is fairly comparable in that regard,” Cummins added.
An enormous 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 huge 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 an honest 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 seemed 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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