Michael Clarke ruled out of the game against New Zealand as well – Cricket News
Having missed his team’s opening match of the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MJ-Clarke-c1978, the Australian skipper, has been ruled out of today’s match against New Zealand as well.
The right-handed middle-order batsman faced back spasm during the Kangaroos’ warm-up fixture against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Alex-Kountouris-c43123.
“Michael is continuing to have intensive treatment in London, and while he is making good progress, he has not improved sufficiently enough to play the game against New Zealand on Wednesday,” the physiotherapist revealed.
Over the last couple of years, Clarke has been Australia’s most consistent batsman in Tests as well as in the 50-overs format. Since the retirement of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MEK-Hussey-c1942, there has been an added pressure on the cricketer
from http://www.senore.com/Cricket/New-South-Wales-c823 to deliver the goods at the highest stage of the game.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746’s final group match against
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758 is also doubtful.
He mentioned, "We will continue to monitor his progress and determine his availability for next week's final group game against Sri Lanka."
Clarke’s fitness is of extreme importance for Australia as he is expected to play a vital role in the upcoming Ashes, which begins from July 10, 2013, with the first Test at Trent Bridge. This is the reason the Aussie team management
is not ready to take a chance with the right-hander.
The 32-year-old cricketer has so far represented his country in 92 Tests, 227 ODIs and 34 T20 Internationals, having scored more than 15 thousand runs at the ultimate level of the game with the help of 30 centuries. In 2010, the
great batsman decided to call it a day from T20s as he wanted to concentrate on the other two formats of the sport.
In Clarke’s absence, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/New-Zealand-c754 today to remain in contention to qualify for the semi-finals of the event.
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