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Clarke will accept scans on his larboard hamstring, which was artificial while authoritative 117 in Australia's accident in the additional tri-series final adjoin Sri Lanka in Adelaide on Tuesday.
He is absurd to be fit for Thursday's chief final in the best-of-three alternation and could additionally be in agnosticism for the looming bout to the Caribbean.
The Australian players are due to fly to the West Indies on Friday with the aperture ODI bout at St Vincent on March 16.
"I accept done article to my larboard hamstring, I don't apperceive to what extent,"Clarke told reporters afterwards Tuesday's ODI loss.
"But it's acutely not activity acceptable at the moment, that is for sure.
"We leave for West Indies in three days. I don't demand to accomplish a acumen until I accomplish a scan, I anticipate I would be asinine to do that."
Clarke alone alternate to activity aftermost weekend from a ache to his appropriate hamstring, which alone him for three games.
And the captain accepted he went adjoin the wishes of Australian aggregation physiotherapist Alex Kountouris by abiding so soon.
"It's a boxy one, I pushed absolutely adamantine to try and get aback for this finals series," he said.
"And I approved my best not to accord Alex abundant of an option, to be honest.
"So I feel for him as able-bodied as my larboard leg at the moment because I apperceive he apparently would accept adopted me to booty it easy.
"But I capital to be allotment of this finals series.
"But afterwards abrupt my appropriate one, I apparently favoured my larboard over the accomplished brace of weeks, 10 days, and I accept done a bit of accident there.
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