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Border Gavaskar Trophy: Following his career-best 174 against New Zealand in the Wellington Test win, all-rounder Cameron Green could prioritise playing more red-ball cricket domestically over white-ball matches for Australia to prepare well for the big Test series against India later in the year at home.

Green was left out of Australia’s T20I series against West Indies and New Zealand so that he could turn out for Western Australia in the Sheffield Shield match against Tasmania in Hobart. It was a move which worked well as Green rescued Australia from 89/4 with a counterattacking 174 off 275 balls, also his highest score in the format.

He also shared a 116-run stand for the last wicket with Josh Hazlewood, while hitting 23 fours and five sixes as Australia got their first innings total of 383, which was crucial in setting up the base for a 172-run win to go 1-0 up in the two-match Test series.