Cameron Green said he went back to his previous batting style in the second innings in Darwin. (Getty Images: Albert Perez/Cricket Australia)
Cameron Green scored his first Test century on home soil as Australia suffered a shock nine-wicket loss to Bangladesh in Darwin.
After chopping and changing batting methods and positions in the line-up, Green said it was "nice just to go back to what worked".
The second and final Test against Bangladesh starts in Mackay on Saturday.
Cameron Green has delivered for a shell-shocked Australian side to give himself breathing space at number five, leading captain Pat Cummins to predict a long stint in one position in the batting line-up.
Green's 104 in the second innings of the nine-wicket loss to Bangladesh in Darwin was his first in Australia and also broke an 11-innings run without passing the half-century mark.
The 27-year-old all-rounder has been heavily criticised in Australian cricket for not turning his undoubted potential into results.
But his knock in the loss means he leaves the Northern Territory as one of the only Aussie batters who can hold their heads high, with Cummins "not too sure" on the best course of action to turn things around before the second Test starts in Mackay on Saturday.
On paper, Australia's full-strength team should have wiped the floor with Bangladesh. But a lack of application to their Test match craft has left Australia vulnerable to teams that are driven to succeed in the longest format.
"We're always quite individual, everyone goes about it slightly differently, so coaches will work with each player individually," he said.
"I don't think there was a huge trend, everyone got out a little bit differently, but I think it's pretty clear it's not quite functioning as well as we'd like as a group.
"If we need to make some changes to our style, we've got a week or so, we better do it pretty quickly."
Cummins said before the Test that Green had been encouraged to "intimidate" and he did it the way he knows best, driving with commanding power and poise while accumulating runs at a steady rate without taking risks.
It is a method that has worked in Sheffield Shield cricket and he showcased why Test selectors have persevered with him despite the outside noise calling for his head.
Green's third Test century did not lead to a win but that was largely due to the failure of the rest of the order to stay with him in good batting conditions on the third and fourth days.
