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Cameron Green scored his career-best 197 against New South Wales in the recently-completed Sheffield Shield match. Green has scored four centuries since the start of last season and is currently the leading run-scorer in the new season. His Western Australian teammate, Ashton Agar, backed the young lad, saying the 21-year old is ready for international cricket.
“He’s got a great cricket brain,” Agar said. “They threw everything at him out there: bouncer plan, bowling wide channel, attacking the stumps, Nathan Lyon bowling a lot of overs – the best spinner in the world – and he had a really solid plan for everyone he faced. Even talking to him in the middle, he’s really calm and composed”.
Australian head coach Justin Langer was hesitant about promoting Cameron Green too early especially after his lingering back problem. “It would be hard not to hear a bit of hype,” Agar said, “but all I know is when he’s out on the cricket field, he’s just watching that ball as hard as he can. He loves batting, loves playing cricket and the scary part is that he’s not bowling at the moment. He’s a great bowler when he’s up and running. To be able to play as a top-four batsman and a frontline fast bowler is a great combination”, said Agar while talking to ESPN network.
Nathan Lyon, an Australian bowler who delivered close to 15 overs to Green says that he was very impressive in his spell. “Last time I saw him we had the big three quicks Starc, Hazlewood, and Cummins bowling at him. So today is a different story, but obviously very impressive. He’s very clear in his plans, played spin very well. He has a big future. It was really good to see, actually. He’s 21 and not flustered by anything. Under pressure, he looked calm and clear in his plans. You’ve got to give credit where it’s due and he definitely deserves that.”
Green had hit 20 boundaries and one sixes in his 438-ball knock.
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