Fingers crossed for IPL: Clarke
26 March 2013 11:54 PM GMT
Recuperating from a back problem, Australia skipper Michael Clarke kept his ‘fingers crossed’ as far as participation in the upcoming IPL is concerned, and said he would ‘do as I’m told’ by the medical staff in deciding whether or not to play in the cash-rich T20 league.
‘I’d be silly to make that decision (on the IPL) right now, I think I need to wait on the results, listen to the experts and then make a plan from there,’ Clarke said on landing here from India, where his team was whitewashed in the four-match Test series.
‘I’ll have scans this week and spend plenty of time with the physio, fingers crossed it turns out okay. Sitting down for 12 hours has made it a little bit stiff, but I’m really confident that I’m in good hands with my physio here in Sydney,’ he said.
Clarke said he has ‘hurt his hamstring throughout the Australian summer and it has just lingered on’. ‘I haven’t had the opportunity to get that 100 per cent fit due to how much cricket we’ve had.’
On the disastrous India tour, Clarke said, ‘It was one of the toughest challenges of my career and I’m sure it has been for the other guys as well. Travelling to India and playing there is always tough. We knew we were going to face a lot of spin bowling and we have done. I think we’ll learn from that, everybody will walk out of India as a better player and certainly more well prepared next time we go there for Test matches.’
‘I’d be silly to make that decision (on the IPL) right now, I think I need to wait on the results, listen to the experts and then make a plan from there,’ Clarke said on landing here from India, where his team was whitewashed in the four-match Test series.
‘I’ll have scans this week and spend plenty of time with the physio, fingers crossed it turns out okay. Sitting down for 12 hours has made it a little bit stiff, but I’m really confident that I’m in good hands with my physio here in Sydney,’ he said.
Clarke said he has ‘hurt his hamstring throughout the Australian summer and it has just lingered on’. ‘I haven’t had the opportunity to get that 100 per cent fit due to how much cricket we’ve had.’
On the disastrous India tour, Clarke said, ‘It was one of the toughest challenges of my career and I’m sure it has been for the other guys as well. Travelling to India and playing there is always tough. We knew we were going to face a lot of spin bowling and we have done. I think we’ll learn from that, everybody will walk out of India as a better player and certainly more well prepared next time we go there for Test matches.’
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