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    "editor1": "<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:arial\">Adelaide, Dec 6 (IANS) Australia wicketkeeper Brad Haddin is confident captain Michael Clarke will play the first Test against India starting here Tuesday.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:arial\">According to Haddin, who will captain the side should Clarke not be declared fit, Clarke was &quot;going in the right direction&quot;, and that he had not given a thought to captaining the side.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:arial\">Clarke completed two separate training sessions and Haddin said Clarke had already had &quot;a good hit&quot;.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:arial\">&quot;Michael&#39;s been strong for the team for a long time,&quot; Haddin was quoted as saying by ESPN Cricinfo.&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:arial\">&quot;I think he&#39;s a tremendous captain, and we want our captain out there playing. All signs are that he&#39;s going in the right direction, and like everyone else, we want Michael out there leading our team in the first hour of play here in Adelaide.&quot;&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:arial\">Australian cricket has attempted to come to terms with the tragic passing of Phillip Hughes, and the return of Clarke, delivered an emotional eulogy at Hughes&#39;s funeral Wednesday in Macksville, would have definitely lifted the team&#39;s spirit.&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:arial\">&quot;We just got back to cricket,&quot; Haddin said when asked if coming back felt normal. &quot;We can try to complicate it as much as we want, but we went back to cricket training. Everybody did what he needed to do yesterday. We got a bit of volume, and a bit of miles in our legs. We needed to feel that cricket hurt in our legs again. So we got that and yeah it was a good day back training.&quot;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n",
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