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    "editor1": "<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">Adelaide, Feb 4 (IANS) Recuperating Australian captain Michael Clarke will pass the most challenging fitness test to confirm his place in the World Cup squad, his long time personal trainer said Wednesday.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">Cricket Australia has given Clarke, down with back and hamstring complaints, time till Feb 21 to prove his fitness. Australia play Bangladesh in their second pool match Feb 21.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">There is growing concern in Australia that the co-hosts have to conduct their World Cup campaign without their regular captain.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<hr \/>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">Also Read&nbsp;&rArr;&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cricketnmore.com\/cricket-news\/clarke-swings-baseball-bat-in-practice--6841\">Clarke swings baseball bat in practice<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n<hr \/>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">But trainer Duncan Kerr said the 33-year-old was &quot;giving it everything he possibly can to get it right and meet that deadline&quot;. He first worked with Clarke 17 years ago.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">Kerr claims he is unaware of the specifics of the test Clarke must pass by Feb 21, saying &quot;it&#39;s all pretty much hush-hush at the moment&quot;.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">&quot;Let&#39;s see what they throw at him and see how he goes,&quot; he was quoted as saying by the Sydney Morning Herald Wednesday.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">&quot;Michael&#39;s done everything that&#39;s asked of him from a training point of view, from the program that&#39;s been set by Cricket Australia to the program that the physio gives him, to what I&#39;ve given him. He&#39;s passed everything so far.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">&quot;He wants to play cricket. It&#39;s what he does best and what he enjoys. He&#39;s had doubters all his career and he&#39;s always come out on top. He&#39;s played 108 tests. In his last test he made 128. He can&#39;t be going too bad,&quot; he added.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">Kerr also said the injured star is ahead of his recovery schedule, which he attributed to his strong work ethic.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">&quot;Any nervous energy he&#39;s had around it he tends to channel into enthusiasm. He&#39;s working extremely hard. He&#39;s a workaholic, an absolute workaholic, and a perfectionist. I think, the way he&#39;s going at the moment, he&#39;s definitely ahead of schedule,&quot; Kerr noted.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">Kerr said Clarke performed well in his first outing since surgery after being injured in the first Test against India in December. Clarke scored a half-century for club side Western Suburbs Saturday.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">&quot;It all went really well,&quot; he said. &quot;Afterwards we did a bit of massage and got into the pool, which was a bit chilly, almost semi like an ice bath. He pulled up really well.&quot;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n",
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