{"id":6943,"date":"2020-12-08T08:16:14","date_gmt":"2020-12-08T09:16:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=6943"},"modified":"2020-12-08T09:50:58","modified_gmt":"2020-12-08T09:50:58","slug":"why-green-isnt-a-lock-for-first-test-xi-warne","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=6943","title":{"rendered":"Why Green isn&#039;t a lock for first Test XI: Warne"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cameron Green is not a lock for Australia&#x27;s XI in the first Test against India despite a wonderful performance for Australia A, according to Shane Warne. <\/p>\n<p>After a brilliant start to the Sheffield Shield season with WA, Green enhanced his reputation with an <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/cricket\/cameron-green-century-australia-a-india-test-prospects-ian-chappell\/14368fb1-7f45-4cef-8c2e-543d1e143fa0\" title=\"unbeaten 125 in the first innings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">unbeaten 125 in the first innings<\/a> to go along with figures of 2-12 in India&#x27;s second innings.<\/p>\n<p>However, despite his sensational start to the summer, Warne said it could be beneficial for Australia to hold back the talented all-rounder.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;I&#x27;d love to get Cameron Green in the side, but I reckon I&#x27;ll look at the pitch first,&quot; he told Fox Cricket.<\/p>\n<p><img data-id=\"ee00f86d-bd31-4aaa-bc82-059fd67255fd\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/ee00f86d-bd31-4aaa-bc82-059fd67255fd\" alt=\"Cameron Green\" data-width=\"1396\" data-height=\"785\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&quot;If they feel like they want a few extra overs with the pink ball then I&#x27;ll get Green in. I think he&#x27;s in such good form, I&#x27;d like to see him play. <\/p>\n<p>&quot;If not, I&#x27;d like to see him debut when it&#x27;s a little bit easier than under lights with a pink ball in Adelaide and I&#x27;d like to see Matthew Wade in.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>However, fellow Australian great Mark Waugh said he had seen enough from the 21-year-old for him to be handed a Baggy Green in the December 17 opener in Adelaide.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;I&#x27;ve got Cameron Green in at No.6, I just think he&#x27;s shown enough to all of us with the bat and the ball that he&#x27;s got to be in there,&quot; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;That&#x27;s tough on Matthew Wade but I&#x27;ve got him in there, I think he&#x27;s a special talent.&quot;<\/p>\n<p><img data-id=\"a3680e10-992f-44ba-bdc2-1a08cf28cb89\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/a3680e10-992f-44ba-bdc2-1a08cf28cb89\" alt=\"\" data-width=\"3873\" data-height=\"2582\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The composition of Australia&#x27;s opening pair for the first Test is still up in the air after injuries to David Warner and <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/cricket\/australia-a-india-will-pucovski-cricket-scores-news-cameron-green-joe-burns\/890f91ca-a19a-4d03-9ec8-4d8780af3ced\" title=\"Will Pucovski\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Will Pucovski<\/a>, while Joe Burns&#x27; search for runs has continued.<\/p>\n<p>Warne gave Burns the benefit of the doubt, while Waugh picked Pucovski&#x27;s state teammate Marcus Harris to be handed another Test lifeline, saying Burns would only play if Pucovski does not recover from his head knock.  <\/p>\n<p><strong>WARNE&#x27;S XI: <\/strong>Will Pucovski\/Marcus Harris, Joe Burns, Marnus Labuschagne, Steve Smith, Travis Head, Matthew Wade\/Cameron Green, Tim Paine, Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins, Nathan Lyon, Josh Hazlewood.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WAUGH&#x27;S XI: <\/strong>Will Pucovski\/Joe Burns, Marcus Harris, Marnus Labuschagne, Steve Smith, Travis Head, Cameron Green, Tim Paine, Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, Josh Hazlewood. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Cameron Green is not a lock for Australia&#x27;s XI in the first Test against India despite a wonderful performance for Australia A, according to Shane <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=6943\" title=\"Why Green isn&#039;t a lock for first Test XI: Warne\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6943"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6943"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6943\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6945,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6943\/revisions\/6945"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6943"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6943"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6943"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}