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Michael Hussey swapped places with Clarke for the tour match against Derbyshire, which served as Australia’s warm-up for the two-Test series against Pakistan in England, starting at Lord’s on Tuesday.
Clarke has batted at four just seven times in his 60-Test career and averages only 16.67 in the position, compared to 56 when he comes in at five.
But Ponting said: “I think his game’s very well suited higher up the order against the newer ball, more than Hussey’s is at the moment.
“He has been our most consistent player and that is in all conditions around the world.
“He has developed his game over the last couple of years and when guys are playing that well they need to be batting as soon as possible.
“That is why he has moved up a spot and that is the way it will be, not only for this series but right through the Ashes as well.” Read the rest of this entry »

Cricket is a sport primarily of English origin, but its real origin is not known with certainty, as this varies between Australia and England for being the first nations to develop the sport, however is said to be of English origin, due to name “crick” in that language means stick.

The first signs of the sport were in the mid eighteenth century where the ball hit bat or began to practice in countries like Australia and England and thanks to the great amusement and / or entertainment that they provided were gaining popularity very quickly.

In the early nineteenth century the development of cricket was already a fact, since the creation of fields for the development of this and the adequacy of rules for it and show it on the other hand and due to the above, in countries as mentioned above, this sport already had such height that was considered almost a national sport, and therefore the end of this century, more exactly in 1877, was cricket to the world as a highly competitive sport and high future by developing the first test match cricket mach or between teams or groups in England and Australia.

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