Michael Clarke hopeful on Shane Watson’s fitness – Cricket News Update
Australian skipper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/South-Africa-c757.
The Aussie opener sustained a hip injury after the first T20 match, which effectively ruled him out for the second T20 game and the first One dayer, which the side won comfortably by a margin of 93 runs.
During his absence, wicket-keeper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/RT-Ponting-c2377 opened the batting in the 50-over format, playing a match-winning knock of 63.
Other good news on the injury front is the fitness of left-hander, Shaun Marsh, who picked up a shoulder injury in the first T20 but has been able to recover in time to face the Proteas for the second match.
However, with both returning to full fitness, it leaves the team with four batters capable of opening the innings, which leaves the skipper, is a dilemma of who to pick for the second 50-over game, which will be played at Port Elizabeth today.
"I'm confident with how Shane trained yesterday and that he'll be fine to go,” http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Clarke-c51120 said. He also added on the added options upfront, “It’s not a bad problem to have. We will wait and see what happens with Shaun today and with Shane. We'll see how he pulls
up and we will work out what the best XI is in these conditions. We need to make sure we assess them correctly."
With the return of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DA-Warner-c1301. Ponting will slot in at No.3, with the captain at 4.
Since his heroics in the Champions League T20, Warner has not been able to emulate his power-hitting but the player is expected to keep his place, despite having scored a total of 20 runs in three outings on the tour so far.
The unfortunate player to miss out then will be http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mitchell-Marsh-c1974, who will play as the bowling all-rounder in the team.
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