Angry Michael http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Clarke-c51120 questions Australia’s fighting spirit – Cricket News Update
The irate and influential Australian skipper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/South-Africa-c757, terming yesterday’s defeat as the worst one of his International career.
Clarke, who lashed 151 runs in the first innings of the Cape Town Test, is unable to digest the ignominious collapse which has drawn immense criticism from all cricketing ranks of the world.
Bowling the Aussies out for merely 47 runs in their second innings, the Proteas batted excellently and sealed success by 8 wickets, in the first session of Day 3. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/HM-Amla-c1557 scored 101 and 112 respectively to steer the home side to victory.
For Clarke, failure is not as agonising as the batting crumble which registered the fourth lowest total in the history of Australian cricket. According to him, the Kangaroos’ demise is not only disappointing for the team management but also for all those
fans who always want them to thrive and regain their lost Test position in world rankings.
Talking to the media today, the captain said, “I'm hoping that's as bad as it gets in my career. I would have liked to see us fight a bit harder and have a bit more of a crack. (It's) about looking into each other's eyes and finding the courage to see where
you let the team down."
Pup has also wrung alarm bells by revealing that he is going to drop some of the seniors, perhaps permanently, as he wants only match-winning players in his camp. In expert opinion, the former skipper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/RT-Ponting-c2377, and the veteran wicketkeeper batsman,
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/BJ-Haddin-c1170, are likely to be dumped.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Rikki-Clarke-c85428 told, “I've got to sit and have a look at exactly what's happened and communicate with the guys in the team firstly, that's my priority, and then also I'm sure I'll have a couple of messages on my phone from selectors, so I'm going to need to speak
to them."
The 30-year-old, who took the baton from Ponting after the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 World Cup 2011, is tasked with building up a rock-solid team. The top-order batsman has 73 Tests matches to his name with an excellent batting average of 46.87.
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