Australia’s Test debutant Nathan McSweeney will spend the next week attempting to prepare for a battle with one of the world’s best fast bowlers.

McSweeney will make his debut for Australia in Perth next Friday in what selectors hope will be the start of a decade-long career at the top of the batting order for the Queensland product.

And while he has the luxury of debuting at home on pitches he is familiar with, the opposition doesn’t get much tougher for the 25-year-old.

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He faces the daunting prospect of taking on India’s superstar quick Jasprit Bumrah, who boasts a Test bowling average of 20.57 – better than fast bowling icons Glenn McGrath (21.64), Dale Steyn (22.95), James Anderson (26.45), and Australia’s current captain Pat Cummins (22.53).

In Test matches in Australia, Bumrah averages 21.25 from seven outings.

It will be McSweeney’s job to fend off Bumrah’s attack and lay a platform for Australia’s innings.

“I’ll definitely dive a lot deeper into (when I get to) Perth… but I can’t help myself, I looked at a few clips of what their bowling attacking is made up like,” McSweeney told SEN’s Whateley on Tuesday.

“Just trying to visualise how I’m going to go about it, and facing new bowlers can be a slight challenge, to just pick up their actions and whatnot.

“There is definitely a lot of work to go, but it’s started… I’m lucky I’ve got a whole week before I head to Perth.

“(Bumrah) obviously has a unique action, but he’s one of the best bowlers in the world, so it’s going to be hard to mimic that (at training).

“There are certain things I can do at training to try make it similar for me and give me the best preparation, so I’ll tinker with that this week.”

McSweeney has the advantage of some of the world’s best fast bowlers to face in the nets as he prepares for his Test debut.

They include frightening left-arm paceman Mitchell Starc, who McSweeney faced once in a nets session and admits he feared for his own safety.

Aside from that challenge he also has to come to grips with the fact he will open the batting, rather than walking out at No.3 as he typically does for South Australia.

McSweeney opened for the first time last week when he captained Australia A in Melbourne.

“Just running off early between innings, and realising that you’re going out there straight away,” he said of the differences.

“So getting yourself mentally prepared for that, especially when they’re nine (wickets) down so you take your sunnies off and start adjusting, thinking about batting.

“So you pad up one spot earlier and you walk out there straight away, is about the only thing I need to get adjusted to.

“But it was great to experience that last week – it happened both times, we had them nine down and then bowled them out so I had a quick change over… although I didn’t get the scores I would have liked, I felt like I started my innings well.

“I feel like I’m 100 per cent ready.”

Australia plays five Tests against India in a much anticipated battle for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.