Australia opener Nathan McSweeney has shared his views on his return to the Test squad for the Sri Lanka tour, after being dropped midway through the Border-Gavaskar Trophy (BGT) 2024-25 as well. Following Steve Smith’s return to the middle order, McSweeney was the first choice to open the innings alongside Usman Khawaja for the home summer as well. However, he played only three matches before being replaced by Sam Konstas.

“Obviously, [it was] nice news after a bit of a chaotic couple of months. It was a bit of nicer call than the last one. I will take heaps of learning from my experiences in my first three Tests and hopefully learn from that if I get the opportunity to play over there I play really well,” McSweeney told reporters (via ESPNcricinfo).

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“It’s a great challenge no doubt, but one I have planned for and will be ready for no doubt. Playing spin in Australia has to be very different to playing spin over in Sri Lanka. I’ve worked out a method in Australia that has worked for me in my Shield career but will definitely have to work out a new one to be a good player over there,” McSweeney further added.

Nathan McSweeney also scored 72 runs in three Tests against India in BGT 2024-25 as well, including two single-digit scores at The Gabba, before being dropped from the squad as well. However, Jasprit Bumrah dismissed him on four occasions in the three matches as well.

“I think it shows the character that we’ve seen and the sort of person he is, the way he responded and spoke so well about it publicly pretty soon after it happened and jumped straight back into performing for the Heat,” Bailey said (via ESPNcricinfo).