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Sydney: Australia skipper Ricky Ponting wants his deputy Michael Clarke to play in second ODI against Pakistan on Sunday, despite the vice-captain being hit on the ribs by a short ball in Friday's opener.
Clarke hit 58 on Friday night at the Gabba, sharing a match-winning partnership of 102 for the fourth wicket with Cameron White (105) as Australia reached their target of 275 with nine deliveries to spare.
Clarke was hit on the ribs by a short ball from paceman Mohammad Aamer. He collapsed to the turf in agony before the team's physio rushed onto the field, The Age reports.
"Michael has already flown back to Sydney. But as far as I know he should be fine. He was a bit sore last night," a team spokesman said on Saturday.
Ponting said: "I think he'll be OK. It looked pretty sore. I don't know much more about it but he seemed OK in the rooms."
Adam Voges and James Hopes are on standby in the 13-man squad to replace Clarke if the New South Wales batsman is ruled out.
"We've got 13 so we'll just have to wait and see. And with someone like Hopes being in the squad, and even Voges, it gives us great flexibility because they can both bat and bowl," Ponting said.
Ponting said the team was likely to be unchanged "if everybody is fit".
Both sides are aware, that the ODIs will provide for a much more equal platform for competition than the Test matches did, and that showed in the first ODI, where Pakistan put up a challenging total, and Australia needed Cameron White to play an outstanding innings to take them home.
Pakistan have always been the most mercurial of sides, and several of their problems have arisen from in-fighting and disunity, but there is one thing that has united Pakistan teams across the ages, and that is playing against India.
Team news
Australia: Adam Voges, the batsman and part-time spinner, joins the squad while James Hopes was retained even though he was 12th man in Brisbane. Unless Clarke is out there shouldn't be any alterations.
Squad (likely): Shane Watson, Shaun Marsh, Ricky Ponting (capt), Michael Clarke, Cameron White, Michael Hussey, Brad Haddin (wk), Nathan Hauritz, Clint McKay, Peter Siddle, Doug Bollinger.
Pakistan: The vistors Rana Naved-ul-Hasan might be out for Umar Gul.
Squad (likely): Salman Butt, Kamran Akmal (wk), Younis Khan, Mohammad Yousuf (capt), Umar Akmal, Shoaib Malik, Shahid Afridi, Umar Gul, Mohammad Asif, Mohammed Aamer, Saeed Ajmal.
Pitch and conditions
After the swing of Brisbane comes the spin of Sydney. There could be a shower or two during the day, with a maximum temperature of 25oC.
Stats and trivia
Match facts
Sunday, January 24, 2010 (day/night)
Start time 14:25 (03:25 GMT), 08:25am Pak
