Australia push for clean sweep

"It's really important for us because this team is a young, new team so they're setting their own standards a little bit and they're putting their own footprint on the world of cricket," Australia's coach Tim Nielsen said. "It's not like it's the same guys who have been around for the past ten years and have done it all, all over the world.

"These guys are doing it for the first time anywhere, so they've got an opportunity to set their own standards, to ensure that two Tests are only two-thirds of a three-Test series. Maybe that's one of the nice things about having a young group. Every day they wake up they can't wait to play for Australia."

"Binga [Lee] is a 300 Test wicket bowler. We've only got four of them in Australian history. You don't throw the baby out with the bathwater," Nielsen said. "He had a pretty bad foot and ankle injury and has taken a fair while to get over it. To have Binga back in the mix bowling 150kph outswingers, any team is going to take that

"As long as they [Lee and Clark] are fit and can bowl at their optimum they have deserved their opportunity. There will be times in the future when this bowling group will be sore or tired and needs to miss a game through injury. When they go out through injury, and are playing well at the time they are injured, they are going to come back in."

"If we play Bryce it will be because he fits into our squad the best," Nielsen said. "If we start taking a 'let's see how he goes' attitude it really does become a dead rubber for us. We will do the very best we can to pick the side that we think is best for these conditions, the spinners will definitely come into play for that."

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