The Ashes 2013: Top 5 batsmen to watch out for

2. Michael Clarke

The Australian captain will have to take the bulk of the responsibility in the inexperienced batting order. He has suffered with his own set of injury troubles but is now back for good. He proved his renewed appetite for runs by scoring a century against Worcestershire in the last warm-up game ahead of the Trent Bridge test.

He was Australia’s highest run-getter in the Ashes of 2009 and hence has left no doubts regarding his ability to get runs in English conditions. The team will require him to lead from the front. He will want to strike back with a vengeance as the leader of a squad that has been sadistically criticized as the worst ever to tour England.