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Cameron Green, the Australia all-rounder, spoke in a press conference for the first-time after undergoing major back surgery last October, an injury which cost him months of his career. The 25-year-old, who is set to make his return to competitive cricket during his upcoming stint for Gloucestershire in England, stated that his surgery has been “incredible”, and he is “pretty happy” about getting it done because his recovery afterwards has been quite “seamless”.
The latest appearance in front of the press for Cameron Green happened in Perth during the nation-wide announcement of fixtures for the 2025-26 summer from Cricket Australia (CA), as per the report published in ESPNcricinfo. During his interview, the Aussie spoke about being fit and ready to play in the recently concluded Sheffield Shield final for Western Australia, if they had qualified for it.
Cameron Green went on to detail how his recovery looked after undergoing back surgery last year, sounding as if it was better than what he initially expected. He was quoted as saying, “The surgery has been incredible.. I think I was probably off [my] legs for about two weeks. And after that I've been doing gym work for the last four or five months, been running for the last two months, been batting for the last month. It's been pretty seamless. So, yeah, pretty happy I got it done.”
It's for the long-term goal of playing cricket for as long as I can: Cameron Green on bakc surgery
After that, Green stated that the aim of the surgery was for him to not only play for long, but also bowl for long as well, which allows him to be a bigger contributor to his team’s cause, basically keep his all-rounder tag intact. He said, “It's for the long-term goal of playing cricket for as long as I can. Bowling for as long as I can. I got it for that reason, solely.”
“Obviously I could have healed [the stress fracture] over nine months, but I took the option to get the surgery, and hopefully, fingers crossed, that's the last of it, which would be nice,” Cameron Green added.
