At the Great Barrier Reef Arena, umpires changed the ball before play began on day four due to a scratch on the ball. On-field umpire Shawn Craig was heard saying via stump mic, \"When you scratch it, we change the ball. No more discussion, let's play.\"<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Craig also warned wicketkeeper-batter Ishan Kishan about facing sanction related to dissent after saying the ball change was a \"very stupid decision\". But Cricket Australia said after the game ended in a seven-wicket win that the ball was changed due to deterioration and no action would be taken against anyone.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\"When you see a team complain about a ball being changed, they were up to something. India A were gearing up for a big reverse swing session in order to get the Australians under pressure. Australia were chasing a small total and it just didn\u2019t happen (for India A). The Australia A batters were oblivious to it. They just put their head down and performed really well,\" said Healy on SEN Radio.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
He was also angry on India A decision to skip the post-match press conference, even as Australia A skipper Nathan McSweeney attended one and took questions. \"Then India, they whinged about it. They didn't then front the media to deny it.\"<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\"They just closed ranks and didn't give themselves a chance to sort of say what they thought was happening. But I thought Cricket Australia were clinical, the umpires were good. If they are suspicious about the ball, just change it.\"<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Healy further believes McSweeny, who made scores of 39 and 88 not out in the seven-wicket win, should open the batting for Australia in the first Border-Gavaskar Trophy Test at Optus Stadium in Perth, starting on November 22.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\"If he opens against India A this week at the MCG, it\u2019s not a dress rehearsal, it\u2019s in. Him to me is now in, but let\u2019s just see, Konstas might make a double hundred against India A at the \u2018G and be impossible to leave out.\"<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\"But Nathan McSweeney has now been the Australia A captain for a couple of years now \u2026 he\u2019s the captaincy type we want to have ready. He has to go in before a 19-year-old or a couple of 30-year-olds, and he\u2019s in the best form of all of them. He\u2019s got to go in and I\u2019d say he should open, I would definitely give him a go at him opening this week.\"<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Healy signed off by being critical of India's preparation for the all-important five-match series, especially after cancelling their scheduled intra-squad game at the WACA in Perth and going for centre wicket stimulation practice.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\"But Nathan McSweeney has now been the Australia A captain for a couple of years now \u2026 he\u2019s the captaincy type we want to have ready. He has to go in before a 19-year-old or a couple of 30-year-olds, and he\u2019s in the best form of all of them. He\u2019s got to go in and I\u2019d say he should open, I would definitely give him a go at him opening this week.\"<\/p>\r\n\r\n
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