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“We’ll continue to monitor him closely”
Australia physiotherapist Alex Kountouris has revealed that captain Michael Clarke could start playing first-class cricket as early as next week after having nearly fully recovered from his chronic back injury.
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“It’s great to have him doing well at the top and being one of our best performers”
Australia all-rounder Glenn Maxwell has announced that “it’s been great to have Bails [George Bailey] as skipper for this series” since he is leading by example and setting the standard for all the other players in the team.
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“Where I sit right now is I don’t know when I’ll be back playing cricket”
Australia captain Michael Clarke has admitted “there’s certainly no guarantee” that his back injury will fully recover by the time the Ashes series against arch-rivals England begins on November 21 in Brisbane.
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“Learning from playing English county is diminishing”
Former Australia opening batsman Justin Langer believes the country’s younger players are shooting themselves in the foot by choosing to play in domestic Twenty20 tournaments instead of good, old-fashioned county cricket.
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Clarke admitted that his back was still “quite stiff and sore”
Australia captain Michael Clarke has announced that he “would certainly like to go” to India, but added that his priority remains getting fully fit by the time the Ashes start on November 21 after his chronic back injury resurfaced once again.
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Clarke’s back injury could be Smith’s ticket to restarting his Test career
Australia all-rounder Steven Smith has found himself playing with the big boys once again after being called up as Test captain Michael Clarke’s reserve as he continues to nurse his chronic back problems.
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Khawaja is edging ever closer to representing Australia
While his recent scores of 51, eight, a duck, 29 not out and six for Australia A may not look like a man in form, Usman Khawaja is getting closer and closer to his dream of representing Australia once again after spending more than 18 months on the sidelines.
