While Green is unable to bowl in the World Test Championship Final as he continues to recover from back surgery, McDonald said the Aussies were also still tossing up whether they would select an all-rounder in their XI for the Ultimate Test with South Africa.
All-rounder Beau Webster did nothing wrong in three Test appearances against India and Sri Lanka when deputising for Green at the start of this year and McDonald believes the 31-year-old is among the contenders for a place in the XI should conditions suit.
“There’s an XI on a board but it has dashes with multiple names in different positions,” McDonald said.
“As we put the squad together the first part is to have a 15, to give yourself all options.
“Do we need to…