If the Sydney cluster continues to cause coronavirus chaos, Chris Green would love to return to Manuka Oval to finish their BBL season.
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The Sydney Thunder have made it a second home over the past month, winning four of their five games in Canberra.
They flew to the Gold Coast on Wednesday following their crushing 75-run win over the Melbourne Stars at Manuka the night before.
They're scheduled to play two games in Queensland - starting with the Melbourne Renegades at Carrara on New Year's Day - then two in Perth, before finishing with five games in Sydney.
But as the COVID-19 virus simmers along in the Harbour City who knows what the situation will be on January 13 when the Thunder are meant to face the Sydney Sixers at the Sydney Showgrounds.
With both Sydney teams sitting on top of the BBL ladder, it could also open the door for Manuka to host BBL finals, including the grand final on February 6 - having already hosted it in 2015.
"We've played a lot of home games here in Canberra so to be able to set it up as a home-away-from-home has been great," Green said.
"We've got fantastic support ... if we're back in Canberra - we've obviously had some great success here, four from five at any ground is great - and to set it up as a home base would be awesome."
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Green played a crucial role in the Thunder's win over the Stars, ending a five-game losing streak against the Melbourne team.
He took 4-34, including the wickets of Marcus Stoinis and Ben Dunk.
While much has been made of the Thunder bats - with guys like Oliver Davies and Alex Hales smashing the ball all over the park - their bowlers have also been doing a good job of restricting teams.
Hence, back-to-back big wins.
"I think we're in a really good place. We want to continue getting better and tightening up a few things as we go along," Green said.
"Our last two games have been pretty close to the complete game. Any time you score 200 in a T20 game and then can keep a side to 60-70 runs short of your target is a great performance.
"Particularly in this competition with all teams with some fantastic players, some great overseas players, that can take the game away from you at any stage.
"To do that against two very strong Melbourne sides we're very pleased with it, but not getting too far ahead of ourselves."
One of those big wins was against the Renegades, but Green was wary of Australian captain Aaron Finch.
"He's a quality player and any time a player like that, of his calibre, is overdue with runs you start getting wary and want to get their wicket early," he said.
"They've got some class overseas players as well in Rilee Rossouw, [Mohammad] Nabi and Imad Wasim. You've just got to be wary of any of their players like that."