Darren Lehmann to consider Adam Voges’s place in Australia side

At that time, Clarke was asked to comment on the “tremendous sex” he has enjoyed since taking over Australia’s captaincy. “Jimmy [Anderson] showed his class in the first innings of this game and his record at Notts is very good, so maybe it’ll be a bit like 2005 when Glenn McGrath went down”.

“That s one of the best things about playing sport at the highest level”.

“We probably didn’t bat anywhere near where we’d like”.

“I know there’s been a big hoo-ha about “family first” – well, we still have that”. As No4 in worldwide cricket, you have to lead the way. He has been an outstanding batsman at five for Australia.

“On that first morning we had plenty of sunshine throughout”.

“We’re really close as a group”.

Mitchell Johnson, in the course of becoming just the fifth Australian to take 300 Test wickets, started Thursday s second day in sensational fashion with a couple of sharply rising deliveries that had both Jonny Bairstow and Ben Stokes caught behind off the glove.

Looking in hindsight, Clarke stated that another 80 runs may have made the chase more interesting, although England seemed at ease while getting to the target.

I do not think you need to panic too much. We all love Hadds.

“The bowling has been one of our greatest strengths over the last four months”.

I am not sure what is going through the heads of a few of Australia’s batsmen at the moment.

Meanwhile, he didn’t spare himself from critical analysis after scores of 10 and three at Edgbaston left him with a meager series aggregate of 94 runs in six innings at an average of under 19.

“We’re playing with 10 players”.

Former England captain Nasser Hussain explained just how hard it will be for England to replace Anderson in his Sky Sports column but believes Wood is the man to return and shoulder the responsibility of filling in. It was the hardest decision I’ve made as a coach or a player.

The 34-year-old’s top score in Test cricket since is the 47 he carded against West Indies in June and All Out Cricket’s Phil Walker thinks Clarke may still not be at his best physically.

“That’s been the formula throughout my career”.

“I thought he batted really well and I thought he kept exceptionally well”.

“I’ve got to find a way to turn that around in the next Test”.

While Clarke remains keen to point out he is not a selector, as captain he does chose the batting order.

Clarke says where he bats in the line-up is “irrelevant” and will do what he sees is best for the team, a move which Lehmann fully endorses.

“If it’s better at No 5, I’ll go there”.

Nevertheless, it was true that Australia s attack lacked England s accuracy, after their extra speed proved a trump card in the second Test at Lord s where the tourists won by 405 runs on a placid pitch to square the series at 1-1.

Hussian rated Clarke’s performance in the Edgbaston Test a 2/10.

“You don’t wish injury on anybody”.

“You don’t want to play against a weaker team”.

Should the sequence be maintained, England would regain the Ashes 3-2 with a win in the series finale at The Oval.

Drawing parallels between the two incidents, Clarke hopes that Australia can repeat what England did back in 2005.