Perth, Mar 31 (UNI) Star Australia all-rounder Cameron Green is hoping to use an upcoming County stint in England to help win a recall to Australia's side for this year's ICC World Test Championship Final against South Africa.

Green hasn't played any form of competitive cricket since September last year and has only recently returned to full fitness following surgery to fix an ongoing back issue.

The 25-year-old spoke with reporters in Perth on Monday and confirmed he is fit to feature as a batter only during an upcoming five-match stint with English County side Gloucestershire and could have even played for local state team Western Australia in the recent Sheffield Shield final if they had qualified for the title decider.

“I’m going really well. I would have been ready for a Shield final if that happened ... I was raring to go for that, but it wasn’t meant to be,” Green said.

“I’m going pretty well and I’m all fit and healthy,” he said.

Green is due to fly out to England next week to play with Gloucestershire and his first match with

the side is likely to come against Kent at the Spitfire Ground in Canterbury from Friday April 18,

an ICC report said.

The matches at County level will be crucial for Green as he bids to work his way back into Australia's XI for the World Test Championship Final and the right-hander indicated he will be happy to bat anywhere inside the top six for the clash with the Proteas.

“We’ve obviously got an ultra-successful top five, six, seven, so it’s never easy, but that’s what you want it to be in a Test team,” Green said.

“You want guys to challenge, take that position for themselves and that’s what’s been done," he said.

“I think they’ve had another ultra-successful summer and I was so happy watching, but at the same time you want to get back in the team, so we will just wait to see what happens,” Green said.

Teammate Nathan Lyon has also declared himself fit for Australia's World Test Championship Final defence, with the veteran off-spinner indicating he was over the hip complaint he battled with during recent series against India and Sri Lanka and is relishing the chance to help the side claim a second consecutive mace.

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Lyon is wary of South Africa's potent bowling attack that is led by quicks Kagiso Rabada and Marco Jansen and is expecting batters from both sides to have their work cut out during the Lord's decider.

"South Africa are going to be a big challenge," Lyon said in Sydney on Monday.

"It's two of the best bowling attacks in the world going against each other and it’s is going to be big challenge for the batters in both teams," he said.

The World Test Championship Final commences in London from June 11 and Lyon is already looking forward to the clash.

"It's another final and that is what you want to play cricket for," he added.

"You want to be in final and want to win trophies," Lyon said

"We get the chance to defend the mace so that is pretty exciting," he added.

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