Nathan McSweeney is a step closer to becoming the 467th Australian man to wear the baggy green cap after being named in the squad for the first Test against India in Perth.

Anyone can contribute to The Roar and have their work featured alongside some of Australia’s most prominent sports journalists. When it comes to handing out baggy green caps in this sunburnt ...

“I’d bat anywhere for Australia, obviously. “As a kid growing up you want to play for Australia and get that baggy green, so to have people talking like that... I’m really lucky.

All-rounder Aamir Jamal and wicketkeeper batter Haseebullah are also in consideration for the Pakistan ODI squad, which will face the Baggy Greens ... Aaron Hardie, Josh Hazlewood, Josh Inglis ...

While McSweeney's numbers suggest he can rightly be mentioned alongside those specialists (as well as Matthew Renshaw) for the role as Usman Khawaja's partner at the top of the Test order, his coach ...

There were much needed runs for plenty and a big statement from a Test smokey on an action-packed day of one-day games around ...

“I’d bat anywhere for Australia, obviously. “As a kid growing up you want to play for Australia and get that baggy green, so to have people talking like that... I’m really lucky.

You can imagine Sam Konstas in a baggy green. Know what I mean ... from Test speedsters Cummins, Josh Hazlewood and Mitchell Starc. That would have been revelatory. How would boy wonder go ...

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