Victory over Pakistan is quite pleasing, says http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MJ-Clarke-c1978 – Cricket News Update
After a brilliant victory against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/United-Arab-Emirates-c3033 (UAE), Michael Clarke, the Australian Test and ODI captain, is delighted with his side’s showing under extremely tough
circumstances.
The series between Pakistan and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758 but the hosts backed out ahead of the Sri Lanka Premier League's inaugural edition.
As a result, Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) had to make arrangements in the UAE, since no international cricket is being played in the country due to security reasons.
In order to counter the extreme weather in UAE, the ODI matches started at 6PM local time and lasted till about 3AM, a rarity in international cricket.
While expressing his views about the series, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Clarke-c51120 said that most of the Australian players had no prior experience of playing in UAE but the middle-order batsman was delighted with his side’s performance in unfamiliar conditions.
"The conditions were so difficult and the guys weren’t accustomed to them. Only Dave Hussey and myself had played in the UAE but I’ve never played in such a combination of heat and humidity before," the Aussie skipper expressed. "It was 38-40 degrees and
90 percent humidity and I’ve certainly never finished games at 3am before."
Over the last 18 months, the Australian side has been going through a rebuilding phase under Clarke’s captaincy. The Baggy Greens have generally done well but their ODI series in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 was a complete disaster. The visitors were whitewashed in the battle
and failed to compete against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/AN-Cook-c1026 and company, who happen to be the world’s number one ranked ODI team.
"I think we can take a lot from that, still being able to find ways to perform in conditions we’re not used it," he added.
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