Beating arch-rivals India is such a priority next summer that boom batsman Cameron Green will skip white-ball cricket for Australia, instead playing Sheffield following a similar plan with recent success. – Might end up playing in the Shield.
Green played in the recent ODIs against West Indies and became Australia's three-format player, but was dropped from the T20s to play for Western Australia instead in his final hit before New Zealand's Test tour.
He went on to an unbeaten record in Tasmania, and proof that it served as perfect preparation was evidenced by Green's unbeaten, match-high 174 in Australia's big win in the opening Test in Wellington. was also obvious.
It was a confidence booster for Green, who had struggled in his first few innings after being promoted to No. 4 in the lineup.
Considering how well it went, and the importance of the Indian series at home, Australian manager Andrew MacDonald has decided to remove Green from the scheduled ODIs and T20Is against Pakistan starting next year's home summer. Flagged thoughts.
McDonald said the “switching between formats” had not been kind to the 24-year-old Green and next summer's Test series was crucial.
Australia has not beaten India in a Test series for 10 years, including India's last two visits to Australia in 2018-19 and 2020-21.
“He's become an all-three format player and we thought his biggest challenge was going to be moving between formats,” McDonald said of Green's growing value.
“We felt that keeping Cam in the same format for a period of time gave him the best chance, but that doesn't always apply to everyone.
“Other players can transition (easier) from one-day international cricket to Test cricket, but it’s probably more experienced players who have done it over a period of time.
“It's a big decision to take a player who has the potential to be in the top 11 out of international cricket, so I'm glad he accepted it when I spoke to him and the payoff was immediate.
“The next stress point will be next summer leading up to the Indian Test series against Pakistan in ODI and T20 cricket.
“I would probably err on the side of preparing him in red ball. We know how good he is as a white ball player, so we would prioritize what next summer looks like.
“White-ball cricket is important, but so is the summer of Tests. So when he saw what he did (in Wellington), he probably came to us and said, 'Why don't you give us a couple of Shield games before the first Test? 'To India? ”
Mr MacDonald said Green was removed during the Ashes and drafted back in during the reshuffle due to Steve Smith's promotion to the Open, but as his double Test century has shown, he was clearly the best in Australia. He said he was among the top six batters.
“As we've seen in Shield cricket, his preferred position is number four and we think he could be a long-term option there,” McDonald said.
“This is a big step towards that. The talking point is that he is a quality player and the statistics that everyone saw early in his (international) career are probably right in front of our eyes. It means that it did not reflect the players who were there.
“I think we've now seen a snapshot of that, and the public has been able to see what we've been seeing over a period of time.”
