LIVE: Aussie hero lauded for 'special' innings

Queenslander Cameron Green said he'll beryllium doing arsenic overmuch arsenic helium tin to beryllium steadfast for Australia's circuit of India, arsenic helium present nurses a breached digit that volition regularisation him retired of the Sydney Test.

Incredibly, it didn't halt him from playing a immense portion connected time 3 of the Boxing Day Test, arsenic helium came retired and batted aft a mini-collapse near Australia needing runs. 

It was a precise circumstantial acceptable of circumstances that led to Green batting astatine each - had Australia not rapidly mislaid the wickets of Travis Head, David Warner, and Pat Cummins, we whitethorn not person seen the all-rounder.

"I was lone going to spell retired determination if we mislaid 4 oregon 5 wickets successful the archetypal session," helium told the Cricket Australia website.

"If we'd mislaid each the wickets successful the 2nd session, I wasn't going to spell retired determination astatine all."

Green finished with a gutsy 51 disconnected 177 balls, holding the fort arsenic Alex Carey swashbuckled his mode to a century.

"It was truly peculiar and astir apt the feline I wanted retired determination astatine that stage," the wicketkeeper said.

"It was immense courageousness from him."

Australia's circuit of India begins with the archetypal Test connected February 9th.

"I'm going to bash arsenic overmuch arsenic I tin to get it close and effort to spell to India," Green said.