Australia’s plans to tackle India in the upcoming Border Gavaskar Trophy have taken another turn with Cameron Green expected to miss out on the entire summer due back injury. On Tuesday, the Aussie media reported that the all-rounder would participate in the much-anticipated Test series as a pure batter with a possibility of bowling again towards the end. However, it has been learned that Green’s injury is ‘worse than thought’.
According to cricketetal.com, Green’s injury is serious and Australia will need to plan their summer without him.
“He has no chance of being ready for the first Test against India on November 22 in Perth and it is not sounding good for any time soon after that. He may not play this summer,” the report, by renowned Australian journalist Peter Lalor, stated.
It’s yet to be known if the all-rounder would go under the knife but his participation in the Test series is highly unlikely. He is already ruled out of the first round of Sheffield Shield, which will start this week and is unlikely to play in the second round as well.
Until late Tuesday there’d been some hope that Green might make it to the squad to at least bat for Australia. Even a former Australian team doctor, Peter Brukner, had stated that a back-stress injury would not prevent the 25-year-old from batting or fielding in Test matches once any initial pain had subsided and the bone began to heal.
“The load comes mainly from bowling—batting and fielding don’t put a huge load on that part of the body, so it’s feasible that once the pain settles down you can bat and field without too many problems and feel fine,” Brukner was quoted as saying by the Age.
“It’s just that if you were to bowl 10 overs, you’d probably break down again. So it’s a case of slowly building up the load so the bone basically adjusts to the load and gets stronger. There’s a bit of an art to it,” he added.
Green has so far played 28 Tests for Australia with an average of 36 and taken 35 wickets.
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