Australia’s Cameron Green. (FILE)
Australian all-rounder Cameron Green who bats in the middle-order and can bowl at a brisk pace hitting hard lenghts consistently said that he wants to contribute as much as he can for the upcoming five-match Test series between Australia and India later this year.
“I’m very happy to contribute as much as I can. Physically I’m in a really good place to be able to do that,” the 25-year-old told cricket.com.au.
Five Tests would be played in the space of six weeks. Hence the skipper Pat Cummins earlier in the month said he would like to see all-rounders Green and Mitchell Marsh play bigger roles for the series.
“We’ll be drawing on Cam Green and Mitch Marsh a bit more. Cummins would say speaking to reporters in Sydney. “Even someone like Cam Green started in (Sheffield) Shield cricket as a bowler, but hasn’t had to bowl heaps in test matches,” he added.
Graveyard overs
Green would jokingly call the overs between 70-80 as graveyard overs where the ball does not either seam or swing. After the 80th over teams have the option of picking up the brand new ball hence traditionally it is a tactic by the captains to rest the main seamers and use other options in the period.
“We always laugh and joke between me and Mitch (Marsh) about who bowls those graveyard overs between the 70th and the 80th overs when the ball is not doing anything. We’ll wait and see how we do it this summer,” Green said.
“But now my body’s in a really good place where I feel like I can contribute with bowling. Down the track, it’s an option but at the moment I’m very happy to be a genuine all-rounder,” added Green who had made his Test debut against India in the 2020-21 home series.
“Having an extended break (from white-ball cricket) before a Test tour, it’s going to help for sure. I really enjoyed doing it last year and there’s potentially a chance to do it again this year,” he further said.
