Cameron Green

Cameron Donald Green is an Australian cricketer who plays for Australia, Western Australia and Perth Scorchers as a batting all – rounder. He made his international debut for the Australian national cricket team in December 2020. Green was a member of the Australian team that won the 2023 Cricket World Cup and the 2023 ICC World Test Championship final.

Early life:

Green was diagnosed with chronic kidney disease before birth. Green grew up in Subiaco, Perth and played for the Subiaco – Floreat Cricket Club.

He started playing in the 2009 – 10 season in the under 13s league, when he was 10 years old. His rapid development meant he made his WACA first grade debut at the age of 16.

Green earned a rookie contract with the Western Australian Cricket Association (WACA) ahead of the 2016/17 Sheffield Shield season, largely thanks to averaging 82 runs per innings and taking 20 wickets in eight games in the under 19s national league.

Domestic Career:

• List A debut: for Cricket Australia XI against Pakistan during their tour of Australia on 10 January 2017
• First – class debut: for Western Australia in the 2016 – 17 Sheffield Shield season on 10 February 2017
• He took 5/24 in the first innings to become the youngest player to take a five – wicket haul in the Sheffield Shield.
• Twenty20 debut: for the Perth Scorchers in the 2018 – 19 Big Bash League season on 13 January 2019

International Career:

• One Day International (ODI) debut: for Australia against India on 2 December 2020
  In a warm-up match before the Test series, Green scored a century for Australia A.
• Test debut: for Australia on 17 December 2020, against India
• In March 2021, Green scored his maiden double century in first – class cricket, with 251 runs for Western Australia against Queensland in the 2020 – 21 Sheffield Shield season.
• T20I debut: on 5 April 2022, for Australia against Pakistan
• In August 2022, he took his first ODI five – wicket haul, against Zimbabwe in Townsville. In the first ODI against New Zealand in Cairns, he was named player of the match after making 89 not out in a difficult run chase. In the T20I Series against India, Green scored two half – centuries.
• In December 2022, Green picked up his maiden five – wicket haul in Test cricket while bowling in the first innings of the Boxing Day Test of South Africa tour of Australia at Melbourne Cricket Ground.

IPL Career:

• In the IPL 2023 auction, Green was bought by the Mumbai Indians for INR 17.5 crore (approximately $3.15 million AUD), making him the second most expensive overseas player in IPL auction history and most expensive Australian player.
• In the fourth Test in Ahmedabad of the 2023 Border-Gavaskar Trophy, Green scored his maiden Test century (114).
• On 8 October 2023, Green made his World Cup debut against India.
• On 27 November 2023, soon after the deadline for the player retention ahead of IPL 2024, he was traded to Royal Challengers Bangalore after representing Mumbai Indians for one season.

Major Achievements:

• He took 5/24 in the first innings to become the youngest player to take a five – wicket haul in the Sheffield Shield.
• Originally a bowling all – rounder, Green began focusing on improving his batting following a series of injuries, his breakthrough performance being 87* and 121* against Queensland in the 2019 – 20 Sheffield Shield season.
• In a warm-up match before the Test series, Green scored a century for Australia A.
• In March 2021, Green scored his maiden double century in first – class cricket, with 251 runs for Western Australia against Queensland in the 2020 – 21 Sheffield Shield season.
• In August 2022, he took his first ODI five – wicket haul, against Zimbabwe in Townsville.
• In the first ODI against New Zealand in Cairns, he was named player of the match after making 89 not out in a difficult run chase.
• In the T20I Series against India, Green scored two half – centuries.
• In December 2022, Green picked up his maiden five – wicket haul in Test cricket while bowling in the first innings of Boxing Day Test of South Africa tour of Australia at Melbourne Cricket Ground