HARARE: Michael Clarke will head back to Australia to nurse the hamstring he injured during the tri-series match against Zimbabwe yesterday.
Playing his first match of the series, Clarke batted for over two hours and was troubled by the issue in the latter part of his innings, but top-scored on a turning pitch with 68 before retiring in the 43rd over.
“Prognosis for me is I’m on a plane in the next 24 hours to go home and have scans and see what results are and go from there,” Clarke said.
“I really wanted to take part in this series and help Australia have some success but that’s not going to be the case.”
Clarke returned to the field in the 19th over of Zimbabwe’s innings, taking the captaincy back from George Bailey, and also bowled an over towards the end of Zimbabwe innings yesterday.
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