“The top seven or eight are all high quality batters, I’m just trying to learn off the local lads, and just watching how they go about it seeing when they get a bit of a trickier wicket how they adapt their game.”
Australian international Cameron Green signed for Gloucestershire on a five game County Championship contract back in February, but the all-rounder has been absent from bowling since October due to a back injury.
“I haven’t started bowling just yet I think that will start in about a months time, I’ve loved just playing as a batter its not as harsh on the body.”
Green will be hoping this can coincide with his return to the National team for the World Test Championship final.
“I’ve come out here with a pretty clean slate, its been a year off from red ball cricket,” said Green.
“Coming and starting with a 100 was amazing, just to get that first score back, gives you some confidence.”
However, since his debut hundred the Australian hasn’t reached a double digit run total from his next four innings.
“Mother cricket always brings you back down to earth when you get a hundred,” laughs Green.
CAMERON GREEN WITH A HUNDRED ON DEBUT!!!!!! pic.twitter.com/7JtOM2FJdo
— Gloucestershire Cricket 🏆 (@Gloscricket) April 18, 2025
The 25-year-old came to England hoping to develop his red ball skills and knowledge of English conditions following his absence from the longer format.
“Just getting some time out in the middle was my main goal and then results will come from that if everything goes right.”
Having already played an ashes series and multiple white ball games in England Green is no stranger to the trickier conditions associated with England’s green wickets, cloud coverage and swinging Dukes ball.
“The ball is different, the weather, the pitches the bowlers are all different, so its been an amazing to come over and experience that.
“The level of cricket has been very high, and that’s exactly what i wanted, to play some first class cricket and get back into it.”
Green has played in both an English and Australian ashes series and will be hoping to do so again when Brendon McCullum’s England travel down under.
“That’s why you play cricket.”
“To play those massive tournaments, those are the memories that stick with you the most.”
Every ashes series brings about media frenzy and a rivalry to match the occasion with the differences between an English Dukes ball and Australian kookaburra.
“It’s completely different,” said Green.
“The Dukes does a lot more for a lot longer and speaking to a lot of the guys you don’t feel quite in, so even if your on a 120 you feel like you’ve really got to switch on every ball, where as with a kookaburra if you get to 120 you would have to play a pretty bad shot to get out,” he explained.
Gloucestershire have two games left in there first County Championship block, with the Seat Unique stadium hosting Kent tomorrow.
Green will be hoping to finalise his preparations of English conditions for the World Test Championship final at Lords against South Africa in these two matches.
“Whenever we come over for Australia, its just a week of training and then your in to facing Jimmy (James Anderson) Broady (Stuart Broad) and all those guys and you’re expected to perform, its pretty brutal.”
Green played for Australia in the 2023 final where Australia beat India by 209 runs at the Oval, another red ball match test match.
He will be hoping to contribute more this time around, having had a detailed preparation and acclimatisation to the conditions.
“That’s the beauty of coming over here for five games, talking to coaches, spend a lot of time training and pick up as much as i can.
“Its always been my goal to come over here play cricket, I’ve heard such amazing things from guys that have previously come out and experienced it so i would love to come back.
“Its been a great relationship with the guys trying to learn and bounce ideas of each other.”
The demand in cricket has never been higher for international players. Three formats that host multiple leagues and competitions around the world all playing back to back, and potential international fixtures to fit between. It can be hard for players to find time to prioritise skill sets and learning the game in different countries.
Green elected to miss this years Indian Premier League, with preparations for the ashes and World Test Championship final coming up, to play in Gloucestershire County Championship campaign.
However, he wouldn’t rule out the opportunity to return to England’s domestic competitions should one arise. A multi-format player Green has played in multiple T20 tournaments such as the Big Bash League, and is interested in England’s leading T20 competition, the Vitality Blast.
“If the World Test Championship was a bit further back, I’d have loved to play some T20 Blast and get around the guys and experience that as well.
“That’s the ruthless nature of international cricket is that its so back to back there’s no real time to come out and get that experience.”
