Selectors could be forced to choose between an extra bowling option or specialist opener if Cameron Green's back injury forces him out of the Australian summer.
Australia will need to call on Mitch Marsh 's bowling a lot more in the India Test series unless they bring in a bowling all-rounder like Aaron Hardie. Mitch Marsh 's bowling workload is set to play a crucial role in Australia 's selection puzzle, as officials weigh up how to treat Cameron Green 's back injury. Cricket Australia will determine a plan for Green in coming days, including whether the star all-rounder requires surgery on the stress fracture in his back.
Green's injury could theoretically open the door for Australia to bring a specialist opener back into the side, allowing Steve Smith to drop back to number four. Australia's captain Pat Cummins had stated in August the importance of having extra bowling options this summer, given India's ability to bat long periods.
Cameron Green took 2-45 against England in an ODI in September, but the emergence of a stress fracture in his back means he may not play for Australia for most of the summer.Marsh has only bowled more than 10 overs in a Test match once since his return in last year's Ashes.
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