West Australian all-rounder Cam Green is a relieved man after producing his maiden Test century on Australian soil to stave off the “wolves” despite his side’s embarrassing loss to Bangladesh in Darwin.

Green and veteran Steve Smith were the only Australian batters to put up any resistance against the plucky tourists as Bangladesh produced one of the most shocking cricket upsets of all time, beating the No.1-rated Aussies by nine wickets even after losing the toss.

The middle-order batter entered the two-test series with a question mark over his name for October’s landmark South Africa tour and was desperate for runs after averaging just 21.42 with the bat in 2025.

And he got off to a more than rocky start after being dismissed with the final ball before Lunch on the opening day for 13 as Australia slumped to 198 all out after batting first on a green top.

Green’s bowling didn’t fare any better, taking 0-34 from his 10 overs.

However, with the game, the nation’s pride and possibly his career on the line, the 27-year-old produced his best knock since an unbeaten 174 during a New Zealand tour in 2024.

Green’s 104 from 201 balls was the highest score of the contest, and while it didn’t see his side to a comeback victory after Australia started their second innings 228 runs behind, he did save the blushes of an innings defeat.

The knock will also be enough to ensure he avoids the wolves circling his top-order teammates and will have a seat on the plane to South Africa.

“It’s been a long couple of months, so it’s nice to get a reward for it,” Green told Fox Cricket.

“I feel like there’s always wolves when you play Test cricket. Especially when you play for Australia, you’re expected to always perform, so it’s nice to get a performance.

“I think I just went back to what I used to do back in the day. I’d been chopping and changing a little bit recently. So, it was nice to go back to what worked.”

Green was very subdued after reaching the milestone, heading to non-striker Nathan Lyon for a quick hug.

His first home century is also a monkey off the back for Green, who has previously revealed struggles with the expectations placed on him in Australia.

Skipper Pat Cummins praised Green’s temperament post-game and lamented the rest of the side’s ability to bat with him.

“And then Greeny, again, I thought he just timed out his innings and showed how good he is. Just needed a couple of us to hang around with him, but he was fantastic,” Cummins said.

Seven commentator and one-Test opener Will Pucovski, who rose through the domestic ranks at a similar time to Green before concussion forced him out of the sport, said the innings was the reinforcement of his talent the all-rounder needed.

“The talent has just always been there in abundance,” he said while commentating for Seven.

“It’s just been unlocking that talent, and I’m really hopeful that this has given him a blueprint at this level to show he can do this, and hopefully we’ll see this on a more consistent basis because Australia have been in a very precarious position.

“To be able to do this in this circumstance should give him a huge amount of confidence and I’m sure I speak for a lot of people when I say how proud I am of him that he’s been able to do this, and yeah I hope he’s proud of himself because even though Australia aren’t in the best position they could be, it’s been a mighty fine knock.”