Clarke aims to lift the pace

Clarke: will attempt to raise his game at the World Twenty20 but don't expect him to rain sixes over the small grounds in the West Indies. Clarke, who left Sydney with his squad on Friday, is less suited to the shorter format than his big-hitting team-mates and is more comfortable with along-the-grass play.

He wouldn't be captain if the selectors didn't believe he was capable of regular heavy contributions and he showed he could lift the pace with 67 off 45 balls when Australia chased 214 in Christchurch in February. While he has a modest strike-rate of 108.83 in 24 matches, he won't be over-hauling his tactics.

"I think I can probably still take it up a notch but I think that's the way I play," he said of placing his strokes instead of powering them. "I can guarantee I won't be the type of guy who goes out there and tries to smack the first ball out of the park. I know I won't be successful like that, so for me it's important to play my way: to play cricket shots, to use my strengths, my speed, my running between wickets, my energy in the field, and then if I have to bowl.