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    "editor1": "<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>London, July 22<\/strong> - Australia Test skipper Michael Clarke has said the current protestations about the pitches produced so far in the ongoing Ashes series are completely unjustified.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">England won the first Test at Cardiff but Australia bounced back to win the second Test at the Lord&#39;s Cricket Ground. The five-match series is level at 1-1 at present. The third Test begins in Birmingham at the Edgbaston Cricket Ground on July 29.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Curators at Cardiff and Lord&#39;s have been criticised for what many have deemed &quot;lifeless&quot; wickets, with England coach Trevor Bayliss even suggesting such pitches played into Australia&#39;s hands.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Clarke, however, believes much has been made about the nature of wickets, citing they produced results.<br \/>\r\n&quot;I&#39;ve never cared too much about the pitches, because I&rsquo;ve always thought if you&rsquo;ve got good bowlers you&rsquo;ll find a way to take 20 wickets,&quot; Clarke was quoted as saying by website triplem.com on Tuesday.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&quot;It&#39;s funny, Cardiff and Lord&rsquo;s were both spoken about, saying the wicket was too flat, yet we&rsquo;ve just had two Test matches that have only gone four days each.&quot;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Clarke insisted that the relative unknown of pitch conditions was simply another facet of Test cricket, and one that should continue at all venues worldwide.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&quot;I&#39;m unsure what they&#39;re going to try and prepare now (for the third Test in Edgbaston), and that&#39;s part of playing international cricket and travelling around the world - of course you&rsquo;re not going to make the wickets like they are in Australia,&quot; he said.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&quot;England have to have the wickets how they&rsquo;re comfortable, India have the wickets how they&rsquo;re comfortable, and we have what we have in Australia,&quot; Clarke concluded.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>(IANS)<\/strong><\/p>\r\n",
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