Australia captain Pat Cummins urges Cameron Green to assert himself against Bangladesh

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/cummins-patrick/nXoaKQUf/"]Cummins[/a] confirmed [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/green-cameron/215OHqmh/"]Green[/a] will continue at number five in [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/australia/OxG0JfXg/"]Australia[/a]'s ‌XI in the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/cricket/australia-OxG0JfXg/bangladesh-2of97jms/?mid=jNepbY6t"]series opener starting in Darwin on ‌Thursday,[/a] despite struggling for runs during the Ashes.[/p][p][b]"We like it when ‌he's nice and busy and putting pressure back on ‌the bowlers, he's really intimidating,"[/b] Cummins told reporters in Darwin on Wednesday.[/p][p][b]"Same with when he's bowling, having that presence.[/b][/p][p]"He's quite an intimidating sight ‌when he gets going. You see him in ⁠some T20 games, he's ‌beating the ball around."[/p][embed guid="d1b0e539-9d7a-4483-ba2f-ef3792e37b19" url="https://x.com/deepaktnp/status/2087239207404405047" social-type="twitter" /][p]Green averaged 24.42 with the bat in the Ashes ​but is batting higher than fellow seam-bowling all-rounder Beau Webster, who has barely put a foot wrong ​in his eight tests.[/p][p]Batting at number nine, Webster scored an unbeaten 71 at the Sydney Cricket Ground in the fifth ⁠test against [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/england/UJC5mtAU/"]England[/a] and ​is averaging 41.09 with the bat.[/p][p]He will bat at number seven, with wicketkeeper Alex Carey at six.[/p][p]Some Australian cricket pundits have grown impatient with Green's progress and questioned his place in the ‌team, but Cummins said there was no pressure from his teammates.[/p][p][b]"He's almost got too many skills, so it's like 'just get out there, assert yourself, strip it away, there’s no pressure from us,'"[/b] said the skipper.[/p][p]"Just go, you’ve got freedom, get out of your own way and just go play.'"[/p][p]The Darwin test sees Australia's elite pace attack of Cummins, Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood teaming up with long-serving spinner Nathan Lyon ‌for the first time in more than a year.[/p][p]Hazlewood, who ​missed the Ashes due to Achilles and hamstring problems, ‌edges out fellow quick Scott Boland.[/p][p]Cummins said it was a tight call between Hazlewood, who has 295 test wickets and an average of 24.21, and Boland, who was a standout against England.[/p][p][b]"(Boland) knows his worth and how good ⁠he is, I’m sure he’ll ⁠be out there at ‌some point pretty soon," [/b]added Cummins.[/p]