Michael Clarke doesn't believe batsmen should be allowed runners when suffering from cramp after Jonathan Trott had the help of a team-mate for the latter part of his career-best 137 at Sydney

Andrew Strauss could only curse England's injury crisis as a shortage of bowling options meant a record-breaking batting effort went to waste at Sydney

Michael Clarke believes Australia's record run chase against England was the perfect preparation for the World Cup where large totals are going to dominate the tournament

Australia kept pace with a huge run chase at the SCG after a rapid opening stand between Shane Watson and Brad Haddin gave them a chance of hunting down 334