New Delhi: Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting is floating Australia A skipper Nathan McSweeney’s name as the potential candidate to fill in the vacant opener’s role in the senior Australia men’s team for the upcoming home Test series against India. Ponting believes McSweeney is a better bet to make Test debut against India as compared to teenager Sam Konstas, who recently flopped in both innings in the ongoing “unofficial Test” in Mackay against India A.
Along with Konstas and McSweeney, veteran Marcus Harris was the other candidate giving an audition for the opener’s slot in the upcoming Border-Gavaskar Trophy (BGT). McSweeney had a 39 in the first innings and an unbeaten 47 in the........