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26-Jun-2013 05:24:00 GMT
Australia in England 2013

Clarke to Lead Australia Against Somerset

Taunton: Fit-again Australia captain Michael Clarke will lead the side in their four-day tour match against Somerset, vice-captain Brad Haddin confirmed on Tuesday.

Clarke did not feature in defending champions' Australia's group stage exit from the Champions Trophy because of a long-standing back injury and has been sidelined from much of a trip to England that took a dramatic turn Monday when Mickey Arthur was sacked as head coach just 16 days from the Ashes.

Now the Somerset match, which starts on today, will be Australia's first under new coach Darren Lehmann.

Probable: Ed Cowan, Shane Watson, Usman Khawaja, Phil Hughes, Michael Clarke (capt), Haddin (wk), James Faulkner, Nathan Lyon, Peter Siddle, James Pattinson and Mithell Starc.

England, who hold the Ashes, will be looking for a third straight series win over arch-rivals Australia -- something they last achieved in the 1950s -- when the first Test starts at Nottingham's Trent Bridge ground on July 10.


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