Cameron Green has been ruled out of the remaining ODIs in England with a back injury

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Cameron Green has been ruled out of the remaining ODIs in England with a back injury

Australia are facing fears over the fitness of all-rounder Cameron Green after he was ruled out of the last two ODIs against England with a back injury.

Green underwent tests after reporting pain following the third ODI in Durham, where he bowled some tight short balls, and will be tested again on his return home to determine the extent of the injury. He has already left the trip.

“Cameron Green has injured his back and will not take part in the ODI Tour of England,” Cricket Australia said in a statement. “Scans in London overnight revealed the injury after Green reported soreness following the third ODI against England in Durham. He will return home for further tests where his management plan will be determined.”

Green had broken his back during a home run and again in 2019, a year before he made his Test debut.

“Obviously it’s disappointing for him,” Travis Head said after the Lord’s ODI. “He’s going to go home and make things right. I don’t know the details but you’ve been through these things before, Cam, it’s disappointing but you’ll know how to bounce back.”

Although there is no set timeline for any possible layoffs, if Green is sidelined for a long time, it could have various effects on Australia’s summer home schedule, especially the test series against India, beyond the fact that Green. he seemed to be reasserting himself in the Test side after 174 not out in Wellington.

He is currently a key player amid the debate over the structure of Australia’s senior team and where Steven Smith is batting. Had Green not been available there would have been a gap in the middle which would have allowed Smith to return to number 4 and the potential to open up the specialist to come in alongside Usman Khawaja.

Earlier this month, coach Andrew McDonald said the top six players who took part in the Australian Test, barring injury, would be the players to start the series against India but whether Smith would open would be up for debate.

If there is a need to bring in a player outside of that group it would open up players like Cameron Bancroft, Matt Renshaw and Marcus Harris. Renshaw was the reserve batsman during the series against the West Indies and New Zealand earlier this year following the retirement of David Warner.

Then there is the loss of Green’s overs. Last month Pat Cummins spoke of his expectation that Green and Mitchell Marsh will have a key role to play in working together with Australia’s top attack during the Test season. If it was only bowling that proved a problem for Green there would be an option to play him as a specialist batsman.

“We know Cameron Green has had a stress fracture in his back in the past. Let’s hope that’s not the case,” said Ricky Ponting. Sky Sports. “They still have the option of playing him as a batsman if it’s not too bad.”

Without swinging Green will put some light back on Marsh’s role. He had not bowled a ball since suffering an injury during the IPL until he took the ball at Lord’s where he dismissed Will Jacks in his second over. Marsh’s recent lack of bowling has not been a concern for limited-overs teams with a number of pace-bowlers available.

Green was expected to play in at least one Sheffield Shield match in October before the start of the international season in Australia. Pakistan will tour for T20Is and ODIs before the Test against India starting on November 22 in Perth.

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