Australia has announced the 15-man squad that will be seeking to win the nation's fifth ICC Cricket World Cup when the tournament gets underway in Melbourne in February, with Michael Clarke named to skipper the side as he continues his recovery from hamstring surgery. 
However, Clarke is currently recovering surgery on his hamstring and has been given a deadline of Australia's second pool match, against Bangladesh on February 21, to prove his fitness or he will be replaced in the squad with George Bailey to take over the captaincy.