Western Australia 302 for 7 (Green 130*, Bancroft 57, Hatcher 4-53) lead New South Wales 232 by 70 runs
WA went to stumps at 302 for 7 on Sunday for a 70-run lead after NSW were bowled out for 232 on day one.
After a disappointing Ashes series where he failed to pass 50 in eight innings, Green’s spot in Australia’s Test team has appeared under threat. But the 26-year-old made use of this weekend’s dead rubber to post his first red-ball century of the summer across any format.
He was patient early on Sunday when he arrived with WA at 33 for 2, taking 21 balls to get off the mark, before taking charge of the game as part of a 109-run stand with Bancroft.
Green pulled Ryan Hadley for two sixes and Charlie Stobo for one, while also clearing the leg-side boundary twice off spinner Joel Davies.
He raised his hundred from 167 balls when he cut Davies for a single, with WA already moving towards a sizeable lead.
Green’s last century came in an ODI against South Africa in August, while his most recent red-ball ton was in English county cricket for Gloucestershire last May.
He still held his spot ahead of Beau Webster throughout the summer’s Ashes series, with the Tasmanian overlooked for the first four Tests before the two allrounders played in Sydney.
Green did not bowl in NSW’s first innings on Saturday, with this match his first since Australia’s doomed T20 World Cup campaign in Sri Lanka and India.
Australia’s next Test series comes in August against Bangladesh, before three in South Africa and four at home against New Zealand.
