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Australian national soccer team captain Michael Clarke, once again failed with the bat in his side lost the first game at home one-off Twenty20 international against Sri Lanka WACA Ground in Perth on Sunday.
After winning the toss and beat the home team first, with only four players to expect a key role in the forthcoming Ashes series struggled to 8-133, where collapse is 5-43 and 11 over.
Sri Lanka cruising speed of 3 In response to the 133 win 21 spare balls, causing the loss of 11 Australian first home games. Clarke came into play under pressure to retain his place in the Australian side of the short form of the game because it is an average of just over 20 in format.
He to promote themselves on top of order and move very nearly failed second ball faced with the inside edge just missing the stumps.Clarke should then have been run out on two, when he was sent back by strike Dave Warner and was well out of his ground as the throw by Tillakaratne Dilshan from close range somehow missed.
The brief 29-year-old looked as if he would enjoy the chance to hit Dilhari Fernando at mid-wicket for four before tracing Muttiah Muralitharan, playing his last match in Perth, down why six the next over.
But at 16, ran his chance when he dropped off a car mistimed Thisara Perera (2-22) down to long on, where a coaster Dilhari Fernando who started the rot Australia, where he had taken the Mid Warner off two misjudged the trajectory of the ball, but he pulled out his trap right catch.
Clarke clean a remarkable faced 19 balls and his departure left the home team struggling at 2-22.It was much worse, with Perera then claim the opening Test Shane Watson for four and David Hussey (7) and Cameron White (8) to go cheaply as Australia collapsed to 5-43.
Brad Haddin (35) and Steven Smith (34) then came to the rescue, their 66-run partnership at least giving Australia a modestly competitive total to defend, before both fell in quick succession to Suraj Randiv, who impressed with 3-25 with his off-spinners.
The Sri Lankans had few problems overhauling the total, with captain Kumar Sangakkara unbeaten on 44 and Dilshan making 41.
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