Injured Michael Clarke ruled out of ODI against Sri Lanka – Cricket News Update
Aussie captain, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MJ-Clarke-c1978, will be sitting out the CB series ODI match against Sri Lanka, scheduled for February 17 in Sydney, following a hamstring strain sustained during his side’s loss to India.
"I have a grade one hamstring strain so will be out of Friday's game vs SL but hopefully be back for Sun against India in Bris. Good news," Clarke confirmed on Twitter today.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Clarke-c51120 expressed disappointment with the team’s fielding performance,
terming it “horrible”, and “sloppy”.
The right-handed batsman admitted to some hamstring soreness in his right leg while fielding during the match against India and a grade one hamstring strain was later diagnosed following scans after the game. His participation in the ODI against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 on
February 19 is still unconfirmed.
"He will not recover in time to play in Australia's next Commonwealth Bank Series game on Friday in Sydney against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Alex-Kountouris-c43123, confirmed, "but I will assess him later this week and decide on his availability
for the game in Brisbane on Sunday 19 February against India."
This will be the first time the 30-year old misses a match (Test or ODI), after he took up the team captaincy following the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/RT-Ponting-c2377.
There are a number of viable contenders for the post of the stand-in captain for Friday’s One-Day, including vice-captain http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SR-Watson-c2558, as he recovers from a long term hamstring injury),
Punter (who has successfully led the team before), and T20 captain http://www.senore.com/Cricket/New-South-Wales-c823.
Other changes are also in store for the national team where rested wicketkeeper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Matthew-Wade-c1933 for the first three fixtures. The squad for the remaining matches of the tri-series will
be announced by chief selector, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Robert-John-Inverarity-c85980, tomorrow on Tuesday.
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