Josh Inglish and Nathan McSweeny got the well-deserved call for the national team, as Cricket Australia have announced their 13-member squad on Sunday morning, November 22, for the upcoming Border Gavaskar Trophy. However, highly anticipated names like openers Marcus Harris and Cameron Bancroft and the youngster Sam Konstas have been sidelined. The 5-match Test series will start on November 22, with the first match at Perth's Optus Stadium. The following matches scheduled at Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne, and Sydney Read: Top 10 Smallest Cricket Stadiums in World Nathan McSweeny, the rising talent In the recently concluded series of two unofficial tests against India A, McSweeney played vital roles in both Tests (166 runs in four innings) for Australia A and has earned his spot in the squad. The Queenslander, who is presently the skipper for South Australia, has smacked an 88-run innings in the first unofficial Test at Mackay. The 🇦🇺 Test squad has dropped, so drop us your Border-Gavaskar Trophy predictions #AUSvIND Full story: https://t.co/J61jGIE6b7 pic.twitter.com/d37PPYhaos — cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau) November 9, 2024 With that, he got promoted to the opening slot from the middle order, but the tricky MCG pitch got control of him, as he scored 14 in the first and 25 in the second. With the departure of traditional opener David Warner, Australia is in search of an opener, even not a long-term one, but at least for the BGT. If CA will let Usman Khawaja have McSweeney as the right partner to open, is a matter of discussion. Josh Inglish, from domestics to international The 29-year-old Josh Inglish had a stellar season in the Sheffield Shield season. The wicketkeeper batter from West Australia scored back-to-back centuries in Perth. Inglis scored 122 and 48 against Queensland, followed by an impressive 101 and an unbeaten 26 against Tasmania. Earlier, he was named as the interim captain in the third ODI against Pakistan. And now, his domestic excellence has got him a call in the international Test squad. The Test squad will assemble in Perth next Sunday, November 17, five days before the opening Test. Australia's squad for Perth Test Pat Cummins (c), Scott Boland, Alex Carey, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Josh Inglis, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Nathan Lyon, Mitch Marsh, Nathan McSweeney, Steve Smith, Mitchell Starc.