A month after achieving his dream on the back of six years of first-class cricket, it took just six Test innings to see Nathan McSweeney dropped for the rest of the India series at least.
The South Australia n was thrust into Australia 's opening spot — vacated by two modern greats in David Warner and Steve Smith — on the back ofNever mind that he had exactly no first-class experience in arguably the only specialist batting position in cricket.
between McSweeney, 19-year-old New South Wales-boy Sam Konstas, Western Australia's Cameron Bancroft and Victoria's Marcus Harris. "Nathan has displayed the attributes we believe will equip him well for Test cricket along with a strong recent record in domestic cricket," chair of selectors George Bailey said at the time.
McSweeney's innings under lights on the first night in Adelaide felt like it might lock him in through the summer.In the rain-hit Brisbane game, he fell cheaply to Bumrah again in the first innings before scoring 4 in the Aussies' frantic and fruitless second innings while chasing rapid runs to set up a victory target that never eventuated.
"It has clearly been a challenge at the top of the order for batters throughout the series and we want to provide the option of a different line-up for the next two matches," Bailey said as he announced the changes for the MCG.
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