Shane Watson supports Michael Clarke
Australian batsman, Shane Watson, has defended Michael Clarke, and has fully supported his batting talents.
Michael Clarke is one batsman, who is under a lot of pressure these days, and has many points to prove in the coming days.
Michael Clarke was one of the culprits in the Ashes series defeat as he was not successful in leaving a significant impact with the bat on the series.
His form of late has been a huge question mark for the selectors and he has to come up with some solid performances to prove that he is still the best when it comes to middle order batting.
Michael Clarke is currently the stand-in captain for the 7 match One Day series against England. He would be relieved to an extent that Australia managed to win the first One Day of the series in good fashion.
One person, who has come forward in support of Michael Clarke is Australian batsman, Shane Watson.
Shane Watson praised Michael http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Clarke-c51120’s batting in the first One Day and said that he did a good job in seeing the old white ball off at a time when the ball was reversing and the conditions were not suitable for batting.
During the first One Dayer, the pitch provided much assistance for the bowlers and a lot of focus was required by the batsmen to keep scoring at a good pace in the match.
Shane http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Watson-c96326 further said that Michael Clarke did well to keep his wicket intact at a crucial phase of the match. Michael Clarke made 36 runs off 57 balls in the first One Day of the series and was criticized a lot for not pushing the scoring rate in the
middle overs.
It was a vulnerable knock from the right hander as he was under pressure while batting and did show a lot of weakness in his batting.
In the Melbourne match, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746 lost Haddin in the 19th over and needed Watson and Clarke to steady things for them. Shane Watson said that Michael Clarke came in at a time when Australia could not have afforded to lose another wicket.
Watson went further to say that Clarke did a brilliant job to set up a good platform for the batsmen to follow after him.
During the first One Day, Michael Clarke, did keep the crease occupied and was quite successful in contributing a 103 run partnership with Shane Watson for the second wicket.
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