Cricket: The Australian selectors have unveiled their squad for the upcoming Boxing Day Test against India, dropping opening batsmen Nathan McSweeney and calling up teenage prodigy Sam Konstas.
After three matches in the national set-up, Nathan McSweeney has been axed from the Test side ahead of the Boxing Day clash at the MCG, ending another failed opening experiment .
Watch every ball of Australia v India LIVE & ad-break free during play in 4K on Kayo | New to Kayo? Get your first month for just $1.New South Wales teenager Sam Konstas has been added to the Australian squad for the final two Tests, and he looms as the leading candidate to replace McSweeney at the top of the order. If the 19-year-old makes his debut in front of 90,000 spectators at the MCG next week, he’ll become Australia’s youngest Test opener in history.
After weeks of conjecture on Smith’s replacement ahead of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, national selectors committed to their philosophy of picking the country’s six best batters, ignoring specialist openers Marcus Harris and Cameron Bancroft in favour of McSweeney. “Nathan was disappointed. The message to him was much the same as at the start of the series. We believe he’s got the ability and temperament to succeed at Test level but the way the series has played out, we just want the option of throwing something different at India for this next Test.Australia has an unfortunate history of bottled attempts at shoehorning middle-order batters as openers for the sake of team balance.
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