‘Scary’ Aussie prodigy’s worrying dilemma
‘Scary’ Aussie prodigy’s worrying dilemma: With the young all-workload rounders poised to be stretched to the maximum limit, Cricket Australia will have plenty of headaches over the next 18 months thanks to Cameron Green’s unexpected emergence as a three-format player.
Green had a lackluster record in the 20-over format before last week’s T20I series against India on the subcontinent, where he failed to reach fifty for the first time in 14 outings.
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While not making Australia’s 15-man T20 World Cup team, the 23-year-old displayed his adaptability by scoring the most runs in the series despite facing India’s formidable bowling attack.
Due to his power, Green is a frontrunner to take over as Australia’s white-ball captain from Victorian veteran Aaron Finch, who may retire after the T20 World Cup.
Australian teammate and world’s best T20I bowler Josh Hazlewood confessed that batting practice with Green was now a terrible ordeal.
He told reporters on Friday morning that the first net session in India was “a bit terrifying,” adding that “you needed a helmet almost bowling to Cam Green.” This came as CA announced NRMA Insurance as its new naming rights sponsor.
“He’s such a large guy, with the bat’s entire face turned at you; it’s very intimidating.”
Green went from being a T20 benchwarmer to a highly sought-after prospect at the next Indian Premier League auction in a few days.
However, Green’s propensity for back ailments throughout his brief career suggests he may need to begin prioritizing specific formats and contests as workload management becomes a real reason for worry.
During the third Twenty20 match in India, Sunil Gavaskar claimed that Cricket Australia was considering preventing Green from competing in the IPL, which Matthew Hayden roundly criticized.
It is nearly impossible for international cricketers, especially all-rounders, to commit to all three forms due to the sport’s overcrowded calendar and the rise of high-paying domestic T20 leagues.
Looking ahead at Australia’s schedule for the next year, it’s easy to see why Green is in a bind.
There are three one-day internationals against England, two tests against the West Indies, three tests against South Africa, and a four-Test tour of India.
Also, six one-day internationals against India and Afghanistan, the World Test Championship final, a five-Test Ashes series, an eight-match white-ball tour of South Africa, and a 50-over World Cup in India.
Sheffield Shield, Marsh Cup, and Big Bash League matches for Western Australia and the Perth Scorchers, and who knows, maybe he’ll be asked to make an appearance in The Hundred.
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As a result, CA shouldn’t stand in the way of Green playing in the IPL, where he’s sure to be picked up for a seven-figure sum. Green will need to make sacrifices.
He might make more money playing cricket in the Indian Premier League for two months than in three years with Cricket Australia.
Green’s international career is just starting, but the towering right-hander has already demonstrated his promising future in both red-ball and white-ball cricket.
He is the first Australian male to win Player of the Match honors in all three international formats before turning 24.
Captain of the Australian Test team Pat Cummins, who like Green had to deal with injuries in the beginning of his professional career, has stated that keeping Green healthy is a top priority.
To paraphrase what Cummins said to the press, “one of my first thoughts anytime I bowl him is we don’t want to burn him.”
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From a health perspective, I believe that his extensive cricket participation over the past few years has been a big success; fortunately, he can always rely on his batting, even when he isn’t bowling.
It’s even more crucial now because he’s in and around three different formats. Because of his passion for games, we’ll need to make arrangements for him to continue playing even after he returns to Washington state. There will be a ton of cricket in the coming months, with 15 Tests and the World Cup.
“No one should be held accountable for participating” (the IPL). Wherever he plays, he’ll be in high demand. There’s a lot of cricket going on, and decisions will soon be made.
Cummins cautioned that CA needs to be vigilant in its management of Green, a player who can bat anywhere in the top eight and bowl at speeds of more than 140 kilometers per hour.
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New leagues and opportunities appear “nearly every month now,” he said.
“We are fortunate in Australia in that for all of us players and fans, Test cricket is first, so wherever there is a Test tour on that is where we want to be, you feel like all the cricket fans are watching.
However, we cannot assume that this will always be the case. Perhaps (it’s) how we organize contracts and manage different participants because, for better or worse, that’s how the world works.
T20 series in Queensland next week, which begins on Wednesday night, and Green has been kept on the Australian squad.
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