Sydney, Sep 13: Australia captain Michael Clarke has expressed hope his players will do well in the Twenty20 World Cup and the Champions League, which would be followed by a crucial home series against South Africa.
Clarke said nothing could be done now since the Champions League is in its third season, but was content that even the Proteas players would be participating in it, which would be fair for everyone.
The two Twenty20 competitions would mean, the Australian players would get very less time to prepare for their challenging Test series against South Africa, which according to Clarke isn’t the ideal situation.
“Unfortunately, there''s nothing you can do. The Champions League has been on for a couple of years now, it was put in this place a long time ago. I guess the advantage is that all countries are affected the same way, it''s not just the Australian players,” the Age quoted Clarke, as saying.
“There''s a lot of South Africans involved as well ... it''s fair for everybody. It''s important the guys over in the Champions League play well there and hopefully have some success. But in the back of their mind they''re thinking about the start of the Test series,” he added.
Clarke said he was aware of the South Africa team’s quality, adding: “They''re a very good team, it''s no coincidence they''re the No.1 Test team. We''re going to have to be at our best. We saw them not long ago in South African conditions, we know how good they are.”
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