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Why Green must be in the conversation as a future Aussie captain
Lachlan Geleit • August 27th, 2025 6:50 pm
Is Cameron Green a future Australian captain?
Veteran cricket journalist Robert Craddock thinks it’s a big possibility somewhere down the line as his international career begins to blossom.
While the 26-year-old has been playing for his country since late 2020, he’s truly starting to blossom in 2025 after returning from back surgery, as the runs continue to build in all three formats for Australia.
After making four half-centuries as well as two important scores of 40+ during a tough West Indies tour for batting, Green notched his first ODI ton on Sunday with a swashbuckling 118 not out from 55 balls as Australia thrashed South Africa in the final match in Mackay.
With his form building ahead of the summer, where he’ll also hope to return to bowling, Craddock and Gerard Whateley discussed how Green was shaping up on SEN Mornings.
Whateley: “Cam Green resumed batting in May, where he scored two County centuries.
“He’s now added an ODI century and made four half-centuries in the West Indies across a Test match and the T20s, as well as two other scores in the 40s in that pink ball Test, where the scoring was incredibly low.
“He is building promisingly given that it's only been four months back in cricket.”
Craddock: “It is yes, since his back surgery.
“Guys connected with the team always said that because of his slightly reticent personality, he may take time to grow.
“One common thread about top all-rounders is they invariably start slowly.
“Richie Benaud started slowly in his career. They took him on a lot of tours before he really blossomed.
“Andrew Symonds, for all the swagger, started slowly at every level of the game.
“All-rounders can do that, but this kid's blossoming now, and is he a future Australian captain? He's got to be in the conversation because he's in a generation all by himself in the mid-twenties.
“You can tell that his confidence has gone up a level. They sent him out there with a mission to destroy (in Mackay), and he destroyed.
“So much rests upon Cameron Green, because when Australia tour England in a couple of years, he will be a really senior figure in that batting lineup.
“He's not the boy to watch. He will be the man of the moment. He will be asked to really shepherd and shoulder that team.
“He's building in that direction, but there are no certainties in cricket.”
Green will hope to be fit and firing with both the bat and ball when Australia face England in the first Ashes Test in Perth on November 21.
