Nathan McSweeney has expressed his excitement at earning a Test recall for the tour to Sri Lanka, discussing the pending challenge of facing slow-bowling in the subcontinent: 
“Obviously nice news after a bit of a chaotic couple of months. It was a bit of nicer call than the last one. I will take heaps of learning from my experiences in my first three Tests and hopefully learn from that if I get the opportunity to play over there I play really well.
“It’s a great challenge no doubt, but one I have planned for and will be ready for no doubt. Playing spin in Australia has to be very different to playing spin over in Sri Lanka. I’ve worked out a method in Australia that has worked for me in my Shield career but will definitely have to work out a new one to be a good player over there.”
McSweeney has previous experience in India, having travelled to the MRF Academy to develop his skills against spin bowling.