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Friday, August 5, 2011

Australian captain Clark fancy new blood

The Australian Test captain Michael Clarke Thursday he excited for new blood in his squad to face Sri Lanka this month. Has included four uncapped players in their squad play in the 15 strong tour of three trials, including the pacemen Trent Copeland and James Patterson, Nathan Lyon, dizziness and batsman Shaun Marsh.

He was selected for the South Australian offspinner Lyon after a match of only four first-class, impressing with 23 years Australia has just completed a tour of Zimbabwe. Clark did not meet him but have spoken on the phone. "He has a chance to grab it with both hands, and all reports and I am confident he will do it, so he certainly got a lot of talent," Clark said as he prepared to leave Colombo. "Now it's giving him a go and see how he dealt with a game of cricket to play Australia."

Clark leads the team in his first test series full-time captain in the round of 6 August to 20 September, which also includes two and five matches Twenty20 one dayers. "I like the fact we have some fresh new faces that we are excited and itching for their chance, and I think it's great to be around the group," he said.
"But the fact is that we have some success, and we have to play the game of cricket is good, and we have to improve our results last throughout the summer in Australia, and we need to get better, and we know that the players, and I can guarantee we are working very What worked than ever before in my career, so we hope to change that sooner rather than later. "
Australia head in a series, finished fifth in the rankings, one place below Sri Lanka. He added: "I really hope we can turn things around immediately, and I think it will take some time for us to work our way back up the rankings," added Clark. Test series opens in Galle from August 31 with the following tests in Kandy from September (8) and Colombo from September 16.

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