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Clarke rolled his ankle during a training session on Monday
Australia captain Michael Clarke will play the second Ashes Test in Adelaide, which gets underway on December 5, despite missing a training session this morning due to a sore ankle.
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“I want to carry on and I believe at 31 I’m in the best time as a batsman”
England batsman Ian Bell is aiming to be his country’s Ashes hero once again after his heroics during the historic series this summer helped the national team register a convincing 3-0 win over arch-rivals Australia.
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Smith and de Villiers amassed a mammoth 326-run partnership
South Africa captain Graeme Smith and wicketkeeper batsman AB de Villiers left Pakistan battered and bruised as they nearly batted for the entire second day of the second Test in Dubai.
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“This South African unit is quite resilient”
Despite being ecstatic with Pakistan’s seven-wicket win in the first Test against South Africa in Abu Dhabi, head coach Dav Whatmore has acknowledged that the Proteas will not go down without a fight in the second Test in Dubai.
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“He’s batted too long at No 6”
India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has announced that batsman Suresh Raina will be coming in to bat at number four “for a considerable period of time” due to the fact the national team lack a solid batsman in that position.
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Kohli believes Tendulkar reigns supreme over all other superheroes
Batman, Superman and Spiderman are three of the most beloved superheroes amongst today’s generation, but for India batsman Virat Kohli, the ‘Little Master’ Sachin Tendulkar has always been his superhero and will be “for life”.
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Compton was disappointed to have missed out on the historic series
Nick Compton’s exclusion from England’s Ashes squad has been met with mixed reviews from both pundits and former players, but Compton’s Somerset team-mate and ex-England opening batsman Marcus Trescothick believes it is only a matter of time before the 30-year-old is back in England colours again.
Warner knows that he and Cowan cannot afford another failure
Australia opening batsman David Warner has urged the national selectors to continue having faith in him and Ed Cowan as the country’s Test openers, despite both batsmen having repeatedly failed to make substantial runs against India.
Watson believes he still has a long way to go before becoming anywhere near as good as Kallis
Having had an excellent run with both bat and ball during the International Cricket Council (ICC) World Twenty20, many cricket pundits believe Australian all-rounder Shane Watson has become as good as South African all-rounder Jacques Kallis.
