The month of December 2025 has been full of ups and downs for Australia’s star all-rounder Cameron Green. On one hand, money has been showered upon them in the IPL 2026 auction. On the other hand, he has failed to leave any impact in the Ashes series against England. The huge amount of Rs 25.20 crore in the auction has given a lot of discussion to Green but his series of failures in the Ashes is not liking the Australian team and this is the reason why he was demoted in the fourth test.
This happened to Cameron Green on the very first day of the fourth Test match between Australia and England, which started on 26 December in Melbourne. The Australian team came out to bat first in this match but it had a bad start. In the first session itself, the team lost 4 wickets including captain Steve Smith. Then within a few minutes of the start of the second session, the team also lost the fifth wicket in the form of Usman Khawaja.
What happened to Green?
It was here that Cameron Green’s demotion was witnessed. Actually, Green bats in the middle order in Test cricket for the Australian team and generally he has been batting at the sixth position. But due to continuous failure in this series, he was demoted to seventh position in the batting order. Alex Carey was placed in his place at sixth position. After about two and a half years, Green was put to bat at the 7th position in the Test match.
However, this too was of no use and he was out after scoring only 17 runs. Green was looking strong before getting out but due to the mistake of stealing a run, he was run out and gave a free wicket to England. In this way, this bet of Australia also did not work.
How was Cameron Green’s performance this year?
The reason for this decision is also the continuous poor performance of Green in 2025. He could not play in the beginning of the year due to injury but since his return from the World Test Championship final in June 2025, this all-rounder has not performed well with the bat. During this period, he has scored only 264 runs in 12 innings in 7 matches before the Melbourne Test, which includes only one half-century. This is why he was pushed down the batting order
