Sydney Test a golden opportunity for Green to belatedly shine in Australia
He has already proven his quality away from home, but heading into the final Test of the Ashes summer, Cameron Green remains in search of his breakthrough moment in Australia.
After an underwhelming summer so far, the upcoming Sydney Test looms as a defining moment in the career of Cameron Green.
The all-rounder has shown more than just glimpses of his undeniable talent in the Test arena, but he is yet to truly shine with the eyes of the nation upon him.
Green has not made a Test century at home and, unusually for an Australian cricketer, has a significantly higher batting average overseas (36.69) than he does in Tests hosted in Australia (27.8).
Cameron Green is yet to show his full potential at home. (Getty Images: Robert Cianflone)
Speaking to ABC Sport's Summer Grandstand program on what would have been the third morning of the Boxing Day Test, Green said he had only recently adjusted to the pressures of playing at home.
"Probably at the start of my career, I was really nervous playing at home," Green said.
"More expectation, home crowd, I think I really took a while to get used to that.
"I feel like I've got over that hurdle.
"So yeah, maybe I've just been relaxed on the road to start my career, a little bit less eyeballs, and yeah, it just happens to be that way at the moment."
Although injuries have punctuated his international career to date, Green has been a key member of Australia's all-format set-up since his Test debut as a 21-year-old in December 2020.
The now 26-year-old's first international century came against India in Ahmedabad in March 2023, but it was his 174 not out in New Zealand 11 months later that suggested the West Australian had truly arrived in international cricket.
On a seaming Wellington green top, Green, batting at No. 4 in the absence of Steve Smith, was the only Australian to pass 50 in the game.
Cameron Green was at his very best against New Zealand in Wellington. (Getty Images: Hagen Hopkins)
But that series against New Zealand was the last he'd play for over a year, with a back injury keeping him out of the 2024-25 home summer against India and the tour of Sri Lanka that followed.
Although still unable to bowl, he returned to the team for the World Test Championship final against South Africa and the tour of the West Indies in mid-2025, batting at first drop after Marnus Labuschagne's poor form pushed him to the fringes of the team.