Ashes 2025-26: ‘You walk off a little embarrassed’ – Green reflects on Carse dismissal in Brisbane

Cameron Green has admitted that his dismissal to Brydon Carse in the Brisbane Test looked awkward and caused some embarrassment, but he insisted that he will continue to take positive options with the bat despite two unfulfilled starts in the series so far. Green fell in unusual fashion at The Gabba at a time when he and Steven Smith appeared to have England firmly under pressure.

Australia were 291 for 5 late on the second evening, with Green unbeaten on 45 and more than an hour remaining until stumps. The hosts were just 44 runs short of securing a first-innings lead when Green came under a sustained bouncer barrage from Carse. While he had earlier dealt with the short-pitched bowling by slapping deliveries through the off side, his movement away from the crease became predictable.

Sensing this, Carse cleverly altered his plan and double-bluffed Green. The Australian all-rounder moved too far across his crease and was almost off the pitch when a fuller delivery slipped past his bat, lighting up the stumps as he failed to recover in time.

Green’s dismissal triggered a brief wobble, with Alex Carey and Smith departing soon after, leading to a mini-collapse. However, Australia eventually steadied, and Green’s wicket did not prove costly in the larger context of the innings. Reflecting on the moment, Green acknowledged that while the dismissal was not ideal, it offered valuable lessons, and he remains committed to maintaining an attacking mindset moving forward.

“It looks quite bad when you get out. You walk off a little bit embarrassed. But I think they’re really great learnings for future games. I think we were 30 or 40 runs behind, were the extra runs pretty crucial at night? Maybe, maybe not. All those things that you kind of weigh up during an innings to work out what the best thing is for the team,” said Green as quoted by ESPNcricinfo.

“It’s a really good plan on [Carse’s] end. I think the way that we were going, that’s the best way that I saw it. It’s always not going to pay off. There’ll be different ways I go about it, depending on the game situation,” he added.

Green’s series so far has, in many ways, been emblematic of his Test career. He has batted only twice since the series began, half as many times as England’s batters and fewer than several of his Australian teammates, yet has shown glimpses of immense promise while averaging 34.50 without registering a substantial score.

Across his career, Green has featured in 34 Test matches and has also had to contend with interruptions, including missing the Adelaide Test last year due to injury. He admitted that he was unsure how the Perth Stadium pitch would behave ahead of the series opener, having never previously batted there in a Test match despite being five years into his international career. Even so, Green believes his batting is currently in the best place it has ever been, leaving him confident that meaningful scores are not far away.

“I feel like I’m a better batter than I was a few years ago, and hopefully I’ll be a better batter in the future, than now. I feel like I’ve just got more ways to go about it. I think when you first start, you’ve probably got a cover drive and a pull shot. Where now you got to walk down the wicket, you’ve got a bit more confidence to back away, play certain shots that you find that are appropriate for that situation. I think that’s the beauty of being in a team of really experienced guys around me that I’m watching them, how they go about it in certain situations, and then trying to build that into my game,” said Green.

Green has played 17 Test matches at home and is still waiting to register his maiden century on Australian soil. While he already has two Test hundreds overseas, a three-figure score in front of the home crowd has so far eluded him. However, much like Joe Root, who finally scored a Test century in Australia after 16 matches, Green is backing the process and choosing not to dwell on the pressure or the weight of expectations.

“I think if you’re really too focused on a certain outcome, I think you just push it further away. So I’m sure it will happen at some time,” said Green.