Jasprit Bumrah and Australia's Nathan McSweeney.
Nathan McSweeney had a rocky start to his cricketing career, and it ultimately resulted in him being dropped from the Australian cricket team before the Boxing Day Test against India. According to former Australian cricketer Mike Hussey, McSweeney’s axe is a tough call, despite the Australian being unable to score more than 10 runs in five of his six Test innings.
“I really feel for McSweeney. I think it’s tough on him. Tough call,” Hussey said on Fox Cricket.
“I don’t know (if it was the right call). It’s a tough one on him. It’s not easy. The ball’s been moving around quite a lot for the openers. A lot of batters at the top of the order have been battling away.
Former Australian captain Michael Clarke slammed the move and said, “Everyone apart from Nathan McSweeney is over 30 years of age, and high 30s. What are we going to do? Continue to give a youngster two or three games, drop him, try someone else and keep these older players?” Clarke said on the Beyond23 cricket podcast.
“What happens if Usman Khawaja in two Test matches retires? Does McSweeney then come back in, or does he go to the back of the queue? They (selectors) have got to come out and say: ‘We made a mistake picking him.’ This could end Nathan McSweeney’s career. They picked him, he deserved the summer.”
The decision has also left McSweeney “devastated”.
“I get the dream come true, and then it didn’t quite work out the way I wanted,” he told 7 News Adelaide.
“But it’s all part of it, I’ll get my head down and get back in the nets and work really hard, and hopefully be ready to go for the next opportunity. It’s the game we’re in; if you don’t take your opportunity and you’re not performing as well as you want to, your position’s never safe.
“I missed out a few times with the bat and unfortunately wasn’t able to take my opportunity, but as I said, I’ll work really hard to make sure if the opportunity comes round again, I’m definitely ready.”
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