{"id":164699,"date":"2025-09-24T00:41:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-24T00:41:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/164699\/"},"modified":"2025-09-24T00:41:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T00:41:08","slug":"india-a-vs-australia-second-match-scorecard-nathan-mcsweeney-sam-konstas-video-highlights-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/164699\/","title":{"rendered":"India A vs Australia second match scorecard, Nathan McSweeney, Sam Konstas, video, highlights, news"},"content":{"rendered":"

Captain Nathan McSweeney and all-rounder Jack Edwards notched half-centuries on the opening day of Australia A\u2019s second tour match against India A in Lucknow, while teenage opener Sam Konstas failed to convert a patient start into triple figures.<\/p>\n

The tourists reached 9-350 at stumps on day one after India A won the toss and chose to bowl first on a green seamer at Ekana Stadium, with temperatures soaring above 35 degrees.<\/p>\n

Facing the likes of Test quicks Mohammed Siraj and Prasidh Krishna, South Australian skipper McSweeney (74 from 162 balls) anchored the innings before a late assault from New South Wales captain Edwards (88 from 78 balls), while Indian spinner Manav Suthar did the bulk of the damage with 5-93 from 28 probing overs.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe pitch is playing quite nice. It has a little more pace in it than the last game. The ball swung around a bit more than probably anticipated,\u201d McSweeney said at stumps.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s always nice to be in the runs. It\u2019s a great experience playing in these conditions. The wicket seems to be spinning a little bit, more so late in the day, so hopefully get another chance to bat against some great spinners.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Harris endorses Doggett for selection | 00:52<\/p>\n

National selectors have stressed the Australia A tour of India A will not contribute to Ashes selection, with the red-ball contests instead preparing the next generation of Test stars for the 2027 Border-Gavaskar Trophy campaign and other future tours of the subcontinent. But with conjecture surrounding the identity of Australia\u2019s top three ahead of a blockbuster home summer, McSweeney has done his chances of a Test recall no harm.<\/p>\n

\u201cPlaying \u2018A\u2019 cricket internationally, you get some great bowlers. It was good to experience Siraj and Krishna, who have played a lot of Test cricket. It was a challenge, no doubt,\u201d McSweeney continued.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s what you train for \u2013 to challenge your skills against the best possible bowling you can, and today was definitely that.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s a tour here in 2027 and I think anyone who comes back for that will be way better for the experience.\u201d<\/p>\n

McSweeney and the other Ashes candidates in the Australia A squad will return home this weekend ahead of the first round of the Sheffield Shield, which gets underway on October 4.<\/p>\n

Inglis out of NZ series with injury | 00:23<\/p>\n

Konstas, who cracked hundreds during last week\u2019s series opener at the same venue<\/a> and a recent NSW intra-squad match in Sydney, was dismissed one run short of a half-century following a subdued stay at the crease. Rather than producing a flurry of trademark ramps against the new ball, the 19-year-old soaked up pressure in a traditional manner, not finding the boundary rope until his 22nd delivery.<\/p>\n

Having survived an LBW shout on zero, Konstas was dismissed during the afternoon session after pressing at a length delivery from Siraj, edging through to the wicketkeeper for 49.<\/p>\n

McSweeney, who was dismissed for 1 during last week\u2019s high-scoring affair, was dropped on 40 by wicketkeeper Narayan Jagadeesan before passing fifty in 110 deliveries. He struck ten boundaries during his 162-ball knock, with no other batter from the top six managing a half-century.<\/p>\n

Opener Campbell Kellaway was dismissed by Krishna for 9, while young all-rounder Cooper Connolly fell for a duck. Later, Edwards pummelled 11 fours and a six during his evening-session counterpunch, including eight boundaries against Siraj.<\/p>\n

The Australia A match against India A resumes on Wednesday at 2pm AEST.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Captain Nathan McSweeney and all-rounder Jack Edwards notched half-centuries on the opening day of Australia A\u2019s second tour…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":164700,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[564],"tags":[64,63,740,85],"class_list":["post-164699","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-cricket","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164699","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=164699"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164699\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/164700"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=164699"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=164699"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=164699"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}