Cameron Green speaks of changing priorities after Test five-for

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Green, who came into the Test match on the back of a whopping deal in the Indian Premier League, played a major role in skittling the visitors out for 189 on a fairly good batting wicket.

Green's five-for, his second in international cricket (he has earlier taken an ODI five-wicket haul), is a huge boost for a batting all-rounder whose bowling load has had to be reduced due to lower-back complaints.

"I think your priorities change," Green said after his haul. "You take a lot of your care in your bowling when you're just a bowler.

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"You have that rhythm because you're bowling 20 overs an innings basically. That's probably the main difference.

"It's tough if you're trying to do both equally. You have to try and prioritise one of them, because you're going to put too much pressure on yourself if you try too hard at both.

"I try to prioritise my batting in the weeks leading up to the game. Then on game day, you've hit plenty of balls that week, so it's prioritising your bowling and getting your body right, backing all the training you've done prior."

Green sent back Theunis de Bruyn before the lunch break and then returned to break the threatening partnership between Kyle Verreynne and Marco Jansen, sending back the duo in successive overs.

He cleaned up the tail to complete his five-wicket haul. The all-rounder also credited skipper Pat Cummins for his inputs ahead of the Test match.

"I had a really good chat to Patty (Cummins) the day before."

"He finds his rhythm when he bowls through to fourth or fifth stump, gets it through to the keeper. He finds when it's kissing through and the keeper is taking it at a pretty good level, that's how you gauge how you're going."

Green, who has had an amazing week after winning a bid of INR 17.5 crores at the IPL auction, maintains that "it doesn't change" who he is.

"To be fair, I think I didn't do much to kind of earn that," Green said.

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"I just put my name into the auction, and it just happened. It doesn't change who I am or how I think and all the confidence I have in my cricket. Hopefully, I didn't change too much."

The spell at the MCG on Monday reflects that Green's stocks are only bound to rise from here.

Australia ended day one on 45/1, reducing the deficit to 144 runs after winning the toss earlier in the day and putting the visitors in to bat.