Green’s bizarre end to final Ashes tune-up as Shield clash set for thrilling finish

Cameron Green fell in bizarre fashion for 17 as the Sheffield Shield clash between Western Australia and Queensland hangs in the balance on the final day at the WACA Ground in Perth.

Green was caught by four-Test leg spinner Mitchell Swepson at short fine leg off the bowling of Australian white-ball international Xavier Bartlett.

Green’s dismissal caught everyone by surprise with a pull shot that typically would have been helped around the corner, picking out Swepson.

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In the end, it was a shrewd piece of captaincy by Marnus Labuschagne, and it helped wrestle back some momentum the visitors’ way.

Western Australia were 3/155 when Green departed, and they made it to tea 4/163, needing a further 109 runs to win with Sam Whiteman (73*) and Josh Inglis (0*) at the crease.

Green is likely to have done enough in this contest to show selectors he will be ready to go for the first Ashes Test, starting one week from today.

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The all-rounder bowled eight overs in each innings, finishing with figures of 1/13 and 0/17.

With the bat, in the first innings he fell just short of a century, being trapped lbw by two-Test seamer Michael Neser for 94.

In concerning news for Queensland, opening batter Matt Renshaw has been off the field with a knee issue that is said to be pre-existing.

Renshaw, who was endorsed by Usman Khawaja to open the batting in the Test team, scored a first innings century and followed it up with a half-century in the second innings despite being in obvious discomfort.

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