McSweeney opened in the first three Tests against India but made just 72 runs at an average of 14.40, despite not having opened previously in first-class cricket. On Friday, the Australian selectors dropped McSweeney to draft in teenage opener Sam Konstas.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\"I feel for Nathan, I think he\u2019ll be back \u2014 but I totally understand why Australia made this move. I feel for the kid, because of all the people that I\u2019ve seen come into Test cricket over the last 10 years, I don\u2019t think anyone\u2019s been given a harder challenge.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\"To face Bumrah in the conditions that he\u2019s had to face now, the pink ball under lights in his second game, in Perth it did all sorts and in Brisbane the ball was moving around. I thought they\u2019d go with McSweeney for Melbourne, and if he failed again, they\u2019d bring Sam (Konstas) in for his home Test at the SCG.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cI don\u2019t think in the long run it\u2019s going to be a bad thing for McSweeney. I think he will end up being an Australian Test cricketer, but I don\u2019t think he\u2019ll be up the top of the order; I think it\u2019ll be down at four or five. If I was McSweeney, next time I get the chance to wear the baggy green, I\u2019d want him to be in the position that he\u2019s played all his life,\" said Vaughan to Fox Sports on Sunday.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Meanwhile, Konstas shot into the limelight by scoring twin centuries against South Australia in the opening round of the Sheffield Shield. Those twin centuries also earned him the distinction of being the first teenager to achieve this feat in the Sheffield Shield since the legendary Ricky Ponting did so in 1993.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Konstas had been a member of the Australian team winning this year\u2019s U19 World Cup in South Africa and also scored a century while playing for the Prime Minister's XI against India in the warn-up pink-ball match at Manuka Oval in Canberra.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Talking about how Konstas would cope to the challenge against Jasprit Bumrah, who never let McSweeney be settled at the crease, Vaughan stated, \u201cBumrah has had a number of the Australian batters... but I think in Sam Konstas, it\u2019s very clear that he\u2019s going to be a star of the future.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\"I\u2019ve never been a big believer in: 'What damage can be done to a 19-year-old?' They\u2019re all just youthful, and all they ever think about is positivity, there\u2019s no baggage. It\u2019s quite exciting when you\u2019ve got a young kid who can clearly play, so what\u2019s the worst thing that can happen \u2014 he gets not many runs? Well, that\u2019s been happening anyway!<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\"If he goes out and gets an innings under his belt against Bumrah\u2019s quality, then you start talking about a seriously high-class player. From a very young age, he\u2019s scored hundreds and he knows how to score hundreds.\"<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Vaughan signed off by saying Usman Khawaja is also under considerable pressure to perform and that his partner in the Boxing Day Test at Melbourne, starting on Thursday, should be a specialist opener.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\"If he goes out and gets an innings under his belt against Bumrah\u2019s quality, then you start talking about a seriously high-class player. From a very young age, he\u2019s scored hundreds and he knows how to score hundreds.\"<\/p>\r\n\r\n
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