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    "editor1": "<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Auckland, Feb 27 (IANS) Australia skipper Michael Clarke is set to make a comeback in the high-voltage cricket World Cup Pool A game against New Zealand here Saturday, following his recovering from hamstring surgery.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">&ldquo;I&rsquo;m ready to go, the body feels really good, I have worked really hard,&rdquo; Clarke was quoted as saying by news.com.au ahead of the Eden Park match.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Clarke&rsquo;s return got delayed as he was supposed to feature in the Feb 21 match against Bangladesh in Brisbane which got washed out.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">The 33-year-old injured his hamstring during India&#39;s tour Down Under in December 2014 after which he underwent a surgery. After months of rigorous training and practice, Clarke says the injury is now a thing of the past.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">&ldquo;Everyone is sick of talking and reading about my injury, my old injury I should say. The work I&rsquo;ve put in has given me a chance to get back out on to the park and be able to play at 100 percent,&rdquo; said Clarke.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">&ldquo;I know I can walk out on to the field tomorrow and go at 100 miles an hour and if I get injured I get injured. I&rsquo;m like every other player. I feel like I&rsquo;m as fit and healthy as I&rsquo;ve been in at least five years.&rdquo;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Clarke is likely to replace stand-in captain George Bailey.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n",
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