McSweeney’s elevation is the newest transfer up the leadership ladder after captaining Australia A, the Prime Minister’s XI and Brisbane Warmth within the final 12 months. He additionally led South Australia within the latter a part of their current Marsh Cup marketing campaign.
South Australia, who’ve taken the Sheffield Protect picket spoon in 10 of the final 15 seasons, completed fifth within the 2023-24 marketing campaign having not gained the title since 1995-96. In addition they completed final within the Marsh Cup.
“McSweeney is a pure chief who conjures up confidence in these round him,” Harris mentioned. “He has a deep understanding of the sport and a powerful work ethic; each might be invaluable belongings in his new function. We all know Nathan is the proper particular person to steer this staff ahead and we’re delighted to nominate him as state captain.”
McSweeney has commonly been name-checked by nationwide selector George Bailey as one of many rising batting abilities within the recreation. He averaged 40.10 in a bowler-dominated Sheffield Protect season with three centuries.
“I am extremely honoured to be named captain of the South Australian Males’s Group,” McSweeney mentioned. “This can be a staff with a wealthy historical past and passionate fanbase, and I am excited concerning the problem of main the group ahead, particularly as we return to our proud South Australian id.”
The South Australian Cricket Affiliation (SACA) introduced final month that the lads’s and girls’s groups would drop their monikers Redbacks and Scorpions, which have been used for the reason that mid-Nineties, from subsequent season and be often known as South Australia Males and South Australia Girls.
