Cameron Green credits teammate for crucial knock in Wellington Test
Cameron Green's terrific hundred on day one of the first Test was ably supported by Mitchell Marsh's counter-attacking knock.
Australia were in trouble at the Basin Reserve on day one of the Wellington Test match with Steve Smith, Marnus Labuschagne, Usman Khawaja and Travis Head back in the hut with the total on 89.
Cameron Green and Mitchell Marsh joined hands to resurrect the innings, and the latter's counterattacking approach proved to be crucial as Australia fought their way back into the match.
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"I was struggling down my end, and I know how Mitch [Marsh] plays having played quite a bit with him for Western Australia," Green said after the day's play.
Green was on five off 28 balls when Marsh joined him in the middle and the all-rounder admitted that he likes to have some time to build the innings, which makes the No.4 position more suitable to him.
"It's where I like batting for Western Australia [No.4 position], it suits my game and I found it tough batting after Heady for a few years," Green said.
"He [Marsh] just made scoring look a bit too easy, and I'd take a bit of time to get in. So someone like Mitch Marsh is actually beautiful for that [No.6] position.
"How he goes about is just as aggressive if not more aggressive than Heady, so number four suits me. But it's just whether or not that suits the team."
Cameron Green took a one-handed stunner at gully to send back Ajinkya Rahane on 89.
From 89/4, Marsh and Green took Australia to 156 before the former top-edged a pull straight up in the air to depart for an impactful 39-ball 40.
Green, on 31 off 66 balls, had settled in by then and capitalised on the start to bring up his second Test hundred.
"He always loves to score and that was exactly what we needed at the time," Green said of Marsh's knock. "Just to put some pressure back on them when it was tough out there, and somebody who's looking to score is really dangerous.
"I thought his innings was really crucial for us today, just to put them on the back foot and try take a bit of shine off the ball."
Australia are 279/9 at stumps on day one after being put in to bat with Green unbeaten on 103.