Cameron Green Confirms Fitness Ahead of County Cricket Return

Synopsis

Cameron Green, the Australian fast-bowling all-rounder, is excited to announce his full fitness as he prepares for his county championship stint in England. With aspirations to be selected for the World Test Championship Final at Lord's in June, Green shares his journey back to health after a significant back surgery.

Key Takeaways

Cameron Green is back to full fitness.
He aims to compete in the World Test Championship Final.
Green underwent surgery for a stress fracture in September.
He is scheduled to play five matches for Gloucestershire.
Green hopes this will be his last surgery.

New Delhi, March 31 (NationPress) Australia’s fast-bowling all-rounder Cameron Green announced that he is fully fit and ready to return to competitive cricket as a batter during his upcoming county championship stint in England. He aims to secure a spot for the World Test Championship Final taking place at Lord’s in June.

Green has been sidelined from competitive cricket since September of last year due to a stress fracture in his back, which required surgical intervention in Christchurch, New Zealand. Recently, he has regained full fitness and mentioned that he could have played for Western Australia if they had reached the Sheffield Shield final.

“I’m going really well. I would have been ready for a Shield final if that happened ... I was raring to go for that, but it wasn’t meant to be. I’m going pretty well and I’m all fit and healthy. We’ve obviously got an ultra-successful top five, six, seven, so it’s never easy, but that’s what you want it to be in a Test team,” said Green.

“You want guys to challenge, take that position for themselves, and that’s what’s been done. I think they’ve had another ultra-successful summer and I was so happy watching, but at the same time you want to get back in the team, so we will just wait to see what happens,” he added while speaking to reporters in Perth, during the announcement of Cricket Australia’s 2025/26 home summer schedule.

Green, who is set to play five matches for Gloucestershire in his county stint, expressed hope that the surgery he underwent last year will be the last time he needs to go under the knife as a professional cricketer. "The surgery has been incredible. I think I was probably off (my) legs for about two weeks. After that I've been doing gym work for the last four or five months, been running for the last two months, and been batting for the last month. It's been pretty seamless. So, yeah, pretty happy I got it done.

"It's for the long-term goal of playing cricket for as long as I can. Bowling for as long as I can. I got it for that reason, solely. Obviously I could have healed (the stress fracture) over nine months, but I took the option to get the surgery, and hopefully, fingers crossed, that's the last of it, which would be nice," he concluded.