Cam Green set to bowl in the Sheffield Shield as he waits to know whether number 3 will be his batting position or no.
Cam Green set to bowl in Shield cricket, will ‘wait and see’ if he’s at No. 3 in the Ashes.
Australian all-rounder Cameron Green has stated that his return to bowling will probably occur in Sheffield Shield cricket in the lead-up to the Test summer, rather than during the ODI or T20I series against India. However, he is not certain if he will bat at No. 3 in the forthcoming Ashes series.
The 26-year-old Green, who is still recovering from back surgery that he underwent in October of last year, has been Australia’s third-best batsman in each of their previous four Test matches, including the World Test Championship final and the three-Test Caribbean tour.
He seemed increasingly secure in the No. 3 slot after a very difficult start, making scores of 4, 0, 3, 15, 26, 52, 46 and 42. In a game when only four individual scores were greater than 24, the final four innings were highly prized in the Australia camp, particularly the 46 and 42 in Kingston, which were the second and third-highest scores, despite the overall returns looking weak.
But speaking in Mackay on Thursday ahead of the second ODI against South Africa, Green said he was unsure if he would continue at No. 3 for the first Ashes Test in Perth in November since the make-up of Australia’s top three remained uncertain.
“You never know,” Green said. “I think there’s certainly a lot of guys that can fill that role. I’m really proud that I was able to do a role up there. But, yeah, wait and see.”