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Utilising a slightly altered bowling technique to help avoid further injury setbacks, Green produced a handful of wayward deliveries during his spell, including a beamer that floored national teammate Marnus Labuschagne and a bumper that struck Bulls centurion Matthew Renshaw on the forearm, causing him to drop his bat. The Queensland opener required medical attention after the blow, sheepishly showing reporters the bruise at stumps.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe got me there, I needed some ice spray,\u201d Renshaw smirked.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe was bowling quick, he was nipping it around.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe wicket he got was a beautiful ball.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s good to see him back bowling.\u201d<\/p>\n
West Australian teammate Cameron Gannon, who claimed 4-54 from 18 overs, said of Green: \u201cIt\u2019s a different energy, there\u2019s just so much more on it.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019ll be really interesting to see him bowl at (Perth Stadium). I think he\u2019s going to do a great job. He\u2019s looking like he\u2019s got things pretty well under control at the moment.\u201d<\/p>\n
Green makes all rounder case | 02:52<\/p>\n
Having proven his fitness, Green has all but secured his spot in Australia\u2019s Test side for the Ashes opener, although there remains uncertainty over whether he\u2019ll bat at first drop or at No. 6.<\/p>\n
The right-hander is Australia\u2019s incumbent No. 3 having filled the role during June\u2019s World Test Championship final at Lord\u2019s and the recent Frank Worrell Trophy campaign against the West Indies in the Caribbean, averaging 23.50 across the four matches. Although he showed signs of improvement across the winter, it\u2019s widely agreed he\u2019s better suited in the middle order, which would also give him more time to recover between bowling spells.<\/p>\n
With Steve Smith and Travis Head certainties at No. 4 and No. 5, Green is likely to return to No. 6 at the expense of fellow all-rounder Beau Webster, who risks being squeezed out of the starting XI.<\/p>\n
The Tasmanian, who has made an impressive start to his Test career, started his summer with scores of 11, 6, 13 and 8 in the Sheffield Shield, but sent the national selectors a timely reminder of his all-round worth by taking a five-wicket haul against South Australia in Hobart, including the prized scalp of Head. However, Webster\u2019s 5-50 may not be enough to seal an Ashes berth.<\/p>\n
Of course, there would be room for both Green and Webster in the starting XI if Labuschagne was elevated to opener, joining veteran Usman Khawaja at the top of the order. However, each of Labuschagne\u2019s 11 Test hundreds has come No. 3, while he\u2019s cracked five hundreds for Queensland this summer batting a first drop.<\/p>\n
Has the Ashes squad come out too early? | 06:26<\/p>\n
Speaking to reporters in Melbourne on Tuesday, former Test captain Greg Chappell called on Australia to pick two specialist openers for the Ashes, cautioning against making Labuschagne face the new ball in Perth.<\/p>\n
\u201cOpening\u2019s an important role and specialists generally have done better than people that have been press-ganged into the role,\u201d Chappell said.<\/p>\n
\u201cOpening is a role that you need to want to do.<\/p>\n
\u201cMost openers are pretty passionate about getting in there and batting first.\u201d<\/p>\n
Uncapped Tasmanian Jake Weatherald will make his Test debut next week if Australia decides to pick two specialist openers, but after starting his summer with a trio of fifties in the Sheffield Shield, his most recent first-class scores are 0, 12, 23 and 30.<\/p>\n
At Bellerive Oval, the 31-year-old was twice dismissed by South Australian seamer Liam Scott, chopped on on both occasions. <\/p>\n
Elsewhere, snubbed opener Matthew Renshaw showed the national selectors what they were missing by cracking a century on day one at the WACA, prompting speculation on whether the Test squad was announced too early.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The make-up of Australia\u2019s starting XI for next week\u2019s Ashes opener looks a little bit clearer following Cameron…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":278883,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[564],"tags":[64,63,740,85],"class_list":["post-278882","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-cricket","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278882","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=278882"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278882\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/278883"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=278882"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=278882"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=278882"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}