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    "excerpt": "Brisbane, Feb 5 (IANS) Injury-plagued Michael Clarke here Thursday passed the latest milestone set for him by",
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    "editor1": "<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Brisbane, Feb 5 (IANS)&nbsp;Injury-plagued Michael Clarke here Thursday passed the latest milestone set for him by Cricket Australia&#39;s medical staff but the skipper says he&#39;s not yet ready to play a One-day International (ODI).<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nClarke said he had been set a target of fielding a minimum of 25 overs for a Cricket Australia XI in Thursday&#39;s unofficial warm-up match against a Bangladesh XI at the Allan Border Field.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nIn fact, he was on the ground for 32 overs - more than two hours - before coming off, and bowled two overs of left-arm off-spin.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\n&quot;The ideal world was to field for at least half the game &hellip; I managed 32 overs which was nice,&quot; Clarke was quoted as saying by cricket.com.au.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\n&quot;Then to have a bat as well - it was another step forward. My opinion, there&#39;s probably still a gap between where I am now and playing a one-day international for Australia. The fortunate thing is I&#39;ve got plenty of time to close that gap.&quot;<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nThe 34-year-old scored 34 runs. His innings came in a 47-minute stay at the crease before he fell to the leg-spin of Sabbir Rahman, edging behind. It followed his half-century for West Australia in grade cricket, during which he batted for more than three hours.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\n&quot;The body feels good, I just got a bit more treatment now but I pulled up pretty well.&quot;<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nClarke&#39;s official deadline to prove his fitness remains Australia&#39;s second World Cup pool match, against Bangladesh Feb 21 at the Gabba.&nbsp;<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nHe looks to be well on track to meet that target after proving his fitness by batting, fielding and even bowling two tidy overs that leaked only six runs.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\n&quot;I&#39;ve been bowling for the past three weeks in the nets. The (CA XI) skipper (Ashton Turner) needed a couple of overs so he asked if I was happy to bowl. I was certainly happy to bowl a couple of overs there,&quot; said Clarke.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nClarke flies to Adelaide Friday as Australia&#39;s World Cup squad assembles ahead of Sunday&#39;s first official warm-up match against India at the Adelaide Oval.&nbsp;<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\n&quot;At this stage I don&#39;t think I&#39;m playing that match (against India),&quot; said Clarke.&nbsp;<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\n&quot;The plan is for me to join the boys in Adelaide, fly with the boys to Melbourne then play the practice match against the United Arab Emirates (in Melbourne Wednesday).&quot;<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nClarke&#39;s match activity will be governed by Cricket Australia&#39;s physio Alex Kountouris and Dr Peter Brukner.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n",
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