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The Australia coach, Darren Lehmann, has refused to rule Michael Clarke of out of Saturday’s World Cup opener against England after watching his captain score a half-century in his side’s final warm-up match against the United Arab Emirates in Melbourne.

Clarke scored 64 in 61 balls in his first match back for his country since tearing a hamstring during the first Test against India in Adelaide in early December, and he looks on course to meet the 21 February deadline set for him by Cricket Australia to prove his fitness for the World Cup.

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