Cameron Green's Red-Ball Focus: Prioritizing Test Cricket Ahead of White-Ball Duties
Coach Andrew McDonald Hints at Resting All-Rounder for White-Ball Fixtures
In order to concentrate on his red-ball skills before the test series against India in the next home summer, Australia's all-rounder Cameron Green could be freed from white-ball responsibilities, according to coach Andrew McDonald.
Prior to the current New Zealand Test series, Green played Sheffield Shield cricket for Western Australia. He said that his red-ball practice had helped him prepare for his game-winning 174 not out in the Wellington opener.
According to McDonald, Green may be rested from the planned ODIs and T20Is against Pakistan that begin the home summer and given a similar lead-in to the five-Test series against India.
"We know how good a white-ball player he is, so you put a priority on what it looks like next summer," McDonald said to reporters.
"The white-ball cricket's important, but that Test summer's important, so I think with the results he's had (at Wellington), he'll probably come to us and say, 'Can you give us a couple of Shield games before the first Test against India?'"
On Friday in Christchurch, the second and final Test against New Zealand will begin.
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