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Cameron White is looking to make a winning start to his one-day captaincy of Australia in Sunday’s final game against England and he’s asking for understanding over the resting of in-form pair Michael Clarke and Shane Watson.
As national Twenty20 captain and long-time skipper of Victoria, White is ready to engineer what he hopes will be a 6-1 series victory at the WACA Ground.
The 27-year-old will lead a team minus batsmen Clarke and Watson, who have been given time off to prepare for the World Cup, with Adam Voges and Jason Krejza their reoplacements.
While many questioned the resting of Clarke after he found his best form of the summer with knocks of 82 and 54 the last two games, White says he fully understands.
“I can understand the disappointment (of fans), but at the same time the public and everyone else has to understand that they’ve had five Test matches, six or seven one-day games and a couple of Twenty20s leading into such an important tournament like the World Cup,” White said.
“That means that they deserve an opportunity to freshen up after basically playing all summer.
“That will make sure that they are ready to go for biggest one-day competition in the world so it’s a pretty smart thing that they are freshening up for this game.”
White also scoffed at any talk that Brett Lee wouldn’t play on Sunday due to injury.
“We haven’t finalised the side yet, but as far as I know I’m pretty sure Brett Lee’s not injured,” he said.
“I’m confident this team can still win for sure. We are in good form, the bowling group is pretty much the same and the guys who are coming in is a good thing for this game. It’s a bit of a fresh outlook and we can go out with a bit of freedom to just give it a crack.”
While there is still Sunday’s game and the Allan Border Medal presentation on Monday night to worry about, White and his teammates heading to the sub-continent are already excited by the prospect of trying to win Australia’s fourth-straight World Cup.
“It is an exciting time, there’s no doubt about it. Everyone has one eye on it I guess, even though we’ve got one more important game to go here first.”
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