In an indication that Australia are not taking the series against Sri Lanka lightly, they have announced their best squad possible for the Twenty20 match on Sunday.
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Sri Lanka are set to play the Twenty20 match in addition to the ODI series and the indication that Australia mean business even with the Ashes 2010 around the corner was revealed in the squad announced.
Significantly, Brad Haddin comes back into the line ahead of Tim Paine after the former has been out of the team with injury. Michael Clarke resumes duty as Australia's Twenty20 captain and leads a team that also sees the return of fast bowler, Peter Siddle, who admitted a while ago that his injuries were a result of taking care of himself too well.
Shane Watson lends his experience along David Warne while Clint McKay and Dirk Nannes will join the bowling attack. Cameron White, as always, will be expected to provide the fireworks with David Hussey, the younger of the Hussey brothers who makes the line up without a second thought.
But perhaps Clarke himself will be under the greatest pressure with many believing that White plays the Twenty20 game much better to deserve the captaincy ahead of Clarke who has taken rather long to warm up to the format with conviction.
Significantly for Sri Lanka, this will be one of their testing series ahead of the World Cup as they take on Australia while Muttiah Muralitharan gets an opportunity to bid his final adieu in Oz land.
Michael Clarke (captain), Cameron White (vice-captain), Brad Haddin, John Hastings, David Hussey, Clint McKay, Dirk Nannes, Stephen O'Keefe, Peter Siddle, Steve Smith, David Warner, Shane Watson
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