MELBOURNE: Leg spinner Mitchell Swepson is hopeful that his expertise of bowling within the sub-continental situations will probably be taken into consideration when Australian selectors choose the crew for the India tour.
The 29-year-old, who had first visited India as a member of the Australian squad in 2017, took eight wickets in two Tests in Sri Lanka, whereas taking two wickets in Pakistan.
“One thing that I’ve probably got a little bit of an upper hand on (my rivals) is that I’ve now played four Test matches and that experience coming out of both Pakistan and Sri Lanka will probably hold me in good stead in that selection conversation,” Swepson was quoted as saying in cricket.co.au.
“They were pretty happy, I think, with how I bowled in Sri Lanka, which is our last Test series, so just drawing on that, I’m quietly confident that I’d be in the (selection) conversation at least, and I certainly want to be a part of that tour, there’s no doubt about that.”
Swepson was chosen because the third spinner on the India tour of 2017, which Australia in the end misplaced 2-1.
He was simply 14 first-class matches outdated then and as a 23-year-old he used the time in India to collect info from the likes of Nathan Lyon and Steve O’Keefe.
“It seems like a long time ago, and it almost feels like a bit of a full-circle moment with this tour coming up,” Swepson stated.
“I was just a massive sponge on that tour, just experiencing touring with the Australian team and learning little bits and pieces at training sessions, and just getting to rub shoulders with guys that I really looked up to at that time. I didn’t say much on that tour, I remember that.
“I do not forget that first Test in Pune, a large victory, (O’Keefe) taking 12 for the sport, and the sensation after that first Test match, it could be wonderful to have the ability to replicate that six years later, and go one additional and attempt to really win the sequence.”
The 29-year-old, who had first visited India as a member of the Australian squad in 2017, took eight wickets in two Tests in Sri Lanka, whereas taking two wickets in Pakistan.
“One thing that I’ve probably got a little bit of an upper hand on (my rivals) is that I’ve now played four Test matches and that experience coming out of both Pakistan and Sri Lanka will probably hold me in good stead in that selection conversation,” Swepson was quoted as saying in cricket.co.au.
“They were pretty happy, I think, with how I bowled in Sri Lanka, which is our last Test series, so just drawing on that, I’m quietly confident that I’d be in the (selection) conversation at least, and I certainly want to be a part of that tour, there’s no doubt about that.”
Swepson was chosen because the third spinner on the India tour of 2017, which Australia in the end misplaced 2-1.
He was simply 14 first-class matches outdated then and as a 23-year-old he used the time in India to collect info from the likes of Nathan Lyon and Steve O’Keefe.
“It seems like a long time ago, and it almost feels like a bit of a full-circle moment with this tour coming up,” Swepson stated.
“I was just a massive sponge on that tour, just experiencing touring with the Australian team and learning little bits and pieces at training sessions, and just getting to rub shoulders with guys that I really looked up to at that time. I didn’t say much on that tour, I remember that.
“I do not forget that first Test in Pune, a large victory, (O’Keefe) taking 12 for the sport, and the sensation after that first Test match, it could be wonderful to have the ability to replicate that six years later, and go one additional and attempt to really win the sequence.”