"Needed it": SEN Cricket reacts to 'career-settling' Green century

After plenty of discussion surrounding his position in the Test side, Cameron Green has delivered one of the finer innings of his Test career, managing to score his third century in the format for Australia.

Following a poor Ashes series last summer with both bat and ball, which had many calling for the West Australian to be dropped from the XI, the 27-year-old scored his first Test century on home soil off 192 balls, seeing Australia surpass Bangladesh’s first innings total of 426 at Marrara Stadium in Darwin.  

Reacting to the moment as it happened, SEN Cricket’s Bharat Sundaresan believed this century by Green was the most important of his Test career to date.

“If the century in Wellington felt like a career-defining one, this is more a career-settling century for Cameron Green,” Sundaresan said on SEN Cricket’s coverage of the First Test.

“He needed it. I think Australian cricket needed him to make this 100.

“You could see it in the reactions from the dugout in the dressing room. I know Australia, in all likelihood, will lose this test match sometime this afternoon, but they all rose as one.

“Pat Cummins had a smile on his face because they know the kind of pressure that Cameron Green has been under.

“He's been part of the setup for seven summers now. (His) third test hundred but probably the most important of his career.”

That was a sentiment shared by fellow commentator Simon Katich, noting how much confidence this should give him going forward.      

“Oh, it's huge,” Katich added.

“This game is all about belief, and he would've been doubting that because of previous results in the last six to 12 months, even knowing how to go about it, cause he's been shuffled up and down the order.

“That's the hard part for a young player, is not having a set role, from period to period, and that's been partly because of form, partly because of injury coming in and out.

“But this spot at number five, he's got to make his own with the bat.

“We talked about the all-round role; this is the way to do it, and this is the way to do it with the bat, in terms of not giving away your wicket easily.”

Green departed moments later after chopping the ball from the bottom of his bat onto his stumps for 104.

As a result of his batting, Australia managed to get to a total of 284

This sees Bangladesh needing to chase a total of 57 runs to secure a famous victory in Darwin.

You can listen live to SEN Cricket’s coverage of the First Test at Marrara Stadium HERE.