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Michael Clarke hoping to be fit for one-day tour of India next month

Image: Michael Clarke: Struggling with a back injury ahead of India trip

Australia captain Michael Clarke insists there are plenty of positives he can reflect on after returning home from a turbulent tour of England.

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Coach Darren Lehmann will certainly want to see his skipper and star batsman back to full fitness but admitted before leaving England that Clarke's fitness will be approached with a hint of caution. "He will go home and get scans or whatever he has to do and then if he is not 100 per cent fit we have to wait and see," Lehmann said. "On Monday he said he was fit to go and you take his word on that. We'll get back home and check it with the medics and see how he goes from there. "He has had it for a long time. Dealing with a new coach and a chronic injury. "I am pretty pleased he got through the series albeit very lucky to play on Monday but he played and led well."

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