Nathan McSweeney’s bid to be handed a Check debut in opposition to India has been dealt a blow after he was dismissed cheaply to finish day one in all Australia A’s conflict in opposition to India A.
McSweeney was caught within the slips for simply 14 and was quickly joined within the sheds by fellow Check opening candidate Cameron Bancroft, who managed simply three as Australia A ended the day’s play on 2-53 after India A had been bowled out for 161 on the MCG.
McSweeney and Bancroft’s low-cost returns will prolong what has grow to be a serious headache for Australia’s selectors, with the staff but to find out who will open alongside Usman Khawaja when the sequence in opposition to India will get underway in Perth in 15 days time.
Additional complicating issues for Australia’s selectors was the damage to Michael Neser, who hobbled off the MCG with a hamstring damage, solely hours after ripping via India A’s top-order to seemingly put himself again in Check competition.
The Queensland bowling all-rounder made a large number of the vacationers as they crumbled to 5-64 at lunch, after Australia A captain McSweeney gained the toss and elected to bowl first.
However Neser (4-27) managed to bowl simply two balls of his thirteenth over, earlier than pulling up sore and strolling dejectedly off the sphere solely minutes earlier than the tea break.
Neser will not bowl once more for the remainder of the match and can endure scans on his left hamstring to find out the harm.
Michael Neser’s hopes of an uninterrupted summer time have been dashed by a hamstring damage that may put a cloud over his availability for Australia’s Check facet. (Getty Photos: Darrian Traynor)
India A have been bowled out for 161, a complete virtually fully because of an excellent unbeaten 80 from wicketkeeper Dhruv Jurel.
Earlier, they collapsed to 4-11 throughout a chaotic first 16 balls of the match.
Neser was on a hat-trick in his first over after dismissing Abhimanyu Easwaran and Sai Sudharsan in consecutive balls.
Ruturaj Gaikwad survived the hat-trick ball, however fell in Neser’s subsequent over.
In between, Scott Boland eliminated KL Rahul, an choice to play in opposition to Australia within the opening Check of the Border-Gavaskar sequence, for simply 4.
The wickets tumbled so shortly that the scoreboard on the MCG failed to grasp Rahul had been promoted to open after he had initially been listed to bat at No.4.
Rahul was dropped for India’s third Check defeat in opposition to New Zealand final week, arriving in Australia early to attempt to discover some type for India A.
Boland spoke about Rahul on Tuesday: “He is clearly a world-class participant, however he’s somebody we will hopefully get on prime of fairly early and keep on prime of him for many of the summer time.”
It solely took three balls from Boland (1-22) — and 4 general — to get Rahul out on the MCG.
Australia A’s different candidates in line to companion Khawaja on the prime of the Check order — Marcus Harris (26 not out) and Sam Konstas (one not out) — will return to the crease hoping to stake their claims when day two will get underway on Friday.
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