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Clarke on speculation surrounding Australia's selection

Thursday, July 16 2015 by SNTV
  • Intro:

    Preview ahead of 2nd Test at Lord's between England and Australia.

    Script:

    SOUNDBITE: (English) Australia captain Michael Clarke

    "I watched Roger Federer and Djokovic the other day and in the first set I was certain Roger was going to win...second set I wasn't so certain. That's sport right there, the highs and lows. You have to be able to cop a few smacks in the mouth, get up and go again. In Cardiff, round one, we got beaten. We look forward to round two."

    SOUNDBITE: (English) Australia captain Michael Clarke

    (about the possibility of the team line-up having leaked out before he was informed)

    "It's just the way the world works these days certainly with social media and the amount of journalists you can see in the room. There's people everywhere - there's normally someone at breakfast, someone in the corner of your bedroom, someone everywhere these days so decisions are made and if things have been leaked they've been leaked, but I can honestly tell you right now I don't know the XI that is playing in this Test match. I am hopeful that I will find out in the next couple of hours."

    SOUNDBITE: (English) Australia captain Michael Clarke:

    "There's always speculation when individual players don't perform as well as we would like. We always put ourself in that position but whatever the eleven the selectors go with I'm really confident in this squad that we can find a way to win this Test match."

    SOUNDBITE: (English) Australia captain Michael Clarke:

    "I think they (the selectors) made it pretty clear how close it (the decision to pick Shane Watson rather than Mitchell Marsh) was the first Test match. 'Watto' (Watson) brings a lot of experience, a lot of skill with both bat and ball, always has done, played a lot of cricket, he's got a lot of experience in Test cricket - 60 Tests I think he has played. Mitchell Marsh is in really good nick: two hundreds in his two tour games and he is bowling with pretty good pace as well so, like I say, there's certainly options there. The conversation was had before the first Test and we will wait and see what the selectors go with for this Test match."

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