MELBOURNE :All-rounder Cameron Green says he will be ready to return to bowling during the domestic Sheffield Shield in a boost for Australia before hosting England in the Ashes.

Green has been restricted to batting since returning from a long layoff following back surgery but has been gradually building up his bowling load in training.

Australia play India in a white-ball series in October and November but Green may opt for a block of red-ball cricket for Western Australia to ramp up his bowling before the Ashes.

"In the past, it's worked really well when I've focused on Shield cricket," Green told reporters in Mackay on Thursday.

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