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Ever the optimist, Australia new captain Michael Clarke has refused to recognize your computer may have painful days before he left for a tour of Sri Lanka, followed by the series against South Africa and India.
Test Team Australia is characterized by a handful of names that were a surprise even Clarke - have yet to meet offspin bowler Nathan Lyon - but he reasoned it would help to promote the new attitude of enthusiasm and passion for hard work in Sri Lanka and elsewhere.
"I mean no, to be honest. I really hope we can make a difference right away," Clarke said at the airport in Sydney when asked whether short-term pain should be expected.
"I think it will take time for us to work our way back in the standings, but I trust the talent we have, not only in our team, but in any domestic cricket, if we maintain the same attitude we had in the past two months with training and dedication, if we continue down this path, I see we have some success.
"We are certainly not blind [to] the fact that we have two of the best teams in the world in their own future conditions of Sri Lanka and South Africa, what will be a difficult start for us, but c is a good test to see where we are. If we can have some success against both teams, playing away from home, I think we will give a real confidence for the summer against India. "
Lyon was not part of the team's training camp in Australia in Brisbane more excited than Clarke, and meet many of his new teammates for the first time when it comes to Colombo in late August. Clarke, however, did not hesitate to suggest that he and the left arm spinner Michael Beer is used in all the sites can take a turn.
"I think we have a good combination, an orthodox left of the rotating arm and a finger of his right hand, which is good to have two different spinners, as an association of bowling together, I believe you can really work well together "says Clarke." I have not seen a lot of Nathan Lyon, had a great tour of Zimbabwe with a team Australia and I have heard some reports of his great bowling there, then have the opportunity to come to Sri Lanka and the bowl are generally rotational conditions pretty good.
"It 'an opportunity, and usually how it works, if you do not perform the way you want as a team, new guys come and have a chance, and this is what happened to the case of Nathan. He had the ability to grasp with both hands and all the reports I'm pretty sure it will. Certainly a lot of talent, we're talking about the fact that going to see how you handle playing cricket in Australia.
"I'm really comfortable with the team we have. I like the fact that we have some new fresh faces who will be happy and itching of chance, it's a great thing to have in the group, but the fact is that we need to have some success. We have to play good cricket and we have to improve our recent achievements of last summer in Australia.
"We need to get better, we know that when the players and I can guarantee that we are working hard as always, I've never worked harder in my career, so hopefully we can change things as soon as possible."
Don Argus led by reviewing the performance of the national team is scheduled to table its findings to the Australian Cricket Board at its next meeting on 18-19 August. This is the end of a limited number of acquisitions in Sri Lanka, first Test, but Clarke was not concerned about the possibility of publication of the recommendations in the middle of the tour.
"It really does not bother me to be honest, we knew that the review would take place," he said. "Every time the results come from this is an opportunity for gamers, CA and ACA [Australia Cricketers Association] have a look and listen to what the experts and the kids have to say and try to implement them. We know what lies ahead of us and what we need to focus on the players, the rest will take care of itself. "
Clarke also eased concerns about his back, sometimes tender, he did retire injured in a training match in Brisbane last month. He had broken out early in the Ashes series.
"It's going very well, was again the same as in the past 15 years, a lot of physiotherapy, a lot of maintenance," said Clarke. "I feel very fit and strong now, so I'm looking forward to the park, I'm sick of training and I can not wait to start playing again."
Test Team Australia is characterized by a handful of names that were a surprise even Clarke - have yet to meet offspin bowler Nathan Lyon - but he reasoned it would help to promote the new attitude of enthusiasm and passion for hard work in Sri Lanka and elsewhere.
"I mean no, to be honest. I really hope we can make a difference right away," Clarke said at the airport in Sydney when asked whether short-term pain should be expected.
"I think it will take time for us to work our way back in the standings, but I trust the talent we have, not only in our team, but in any domestic cricket, if we maintain the same attitude we had in the past two months with training and dedication, if we continue down this path, I see we have some success.
"We are certainly not blind [to] the fact that we have two of the best teams in the world in their own future conditions of Sri Lanka and South Africa, what will be a difficult start for us, but c is a good test to see where we are. If we can have some success against both teams, playing away from home, I think we will give a real confidence for the summer against India. "
Lyon was not part of the team's training camp in Australia in Brisbane more excited than Clarke, and meet many of his new teammates for the first time when it comes to Colombo in late August. Clarke, however, did not hesitate to suggest that he and the left arm spinner Michael Beer is used in all the sites can take a turn.
"I think we have a good combination, an orthodox left of the rotating arm and a finger of his right hand, which is good to have two different spinners, as an association of bowling together, I believe you can really work well together "says Clarke." I have not seen a lot of Nathan Lyon, had a great tour of Zimbabwe with a team Australia and I have heard some reports of his great bowling there, then have the opportunity to come to Sri Lanka and the bowl are generally rotational conditions pretty good.
"It 'an opportunity, and usually how it works, if you do not perform the way you want as a team, new guys come and have a chance, and this is what happened to the case of Nathan. He had the ability to grasp with both hands and all the reports I'm pretty sure it will. Certainly a lot of talent, we're talking about the fact that going to see how you handle playing cricket in Australia.
"I'm really comfortable with the team we have. I like the fact that we have some new fresh faces who will be happy and itching of chance, it's a great thing to have in the group, but the fact is that we need to have some success. We have to play good cricket and we have to improve our recent achievements of last summer in Australia.
"We need to get better, we know that when the players and I can guarantee that we are working hard as always, I've never worked harder in my career, so hopefully we can change things as soon as possible."
Don Argus led by reviewing the performance of the national team is scheduled to table its findings to the Australian Cricket Board at its next meeting on 18-19 August. This is the end of a limited number of acquisitions in Sri Lanka, first Test, but Clarke was not concerned about the possibility of publication of the recommendations in the middle of the tour.
"It really does not bother me to be honest, we knew that the review would take place," he said. "Every time the results come from this is an opportunity for gamers, CA and ACA [Australia Cricketers Association] have a look and listen to what the experts and the kids have to say and try to implement them. We know what lies ahead of us and what we need to focus on the players, the rest will take care of itself. "
Clarke also eased concerns about his back, sometimes tender, he did retire injured in a training match in Brisbane last month. He had broken out early in the Ashes series.
"It's going very well, was again the same as in the past 15 years, a lot of physiotherapy, a lot of maintenance," said Clarke. "I feel very fit and strong now, so I'm looking forward to the park, I'm sick of training and I can not wait to start playing again."
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