The Ashes 2013: 2nd Test at Lord's - Five players to watch out for on Day 4

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3. Michael Clarke

The Australian captain had one of the harshest days of his cricketing career on day three as he could do nothing but look on while England piled on the agony. His form with the bat had been dismal and Australia look perfectly poised to go down 0-2 in this Ashes series raising alarm about yet another 5-0 whitewash.

The hope that was raised from their first Test at Trent Bridge has been put into perspective by their inferior display at Lord’s. Clarke will have an opportunity to save face by putting up some show of resistance when he gets his chance. He will hope that the day can be weathered out by his top-order batsman but that seems highly unlikely given the run-of-form so far.