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Glenn wants to play today

AFP, Hobart
Australia's star fast bowler Glenn McGrath was confident he would be fit to play against England in a triangular series one-day cricket clash here Saturday.
McGrath, who has been out with a side strain, said Friday it had been tough watching from the sidelines as Australia lost the fifth Test to England and were then crushed by Sri Lanka on Thursday.
"I just can't wait to get back out there," he said.
McGrath said he was "90 per cent-plus fit and feeling pretty good." But management were to wait until they saw how he pulled up following another testing workout before deciding whether he will play.
"If it's going the way it has from the last few bowls I've had, yes, I'm confident I'll play," McGrath said.
However selectors, who also have worries about Darren Lehmann's fitness following illness, will wait until the morning before finalising the team.
The last thing they want to do is risk McGrath a month ahead of the limited-overs World Cup in South Africa and Zimbabwe.
Australia are the reigning champions.
Captain Ricky Ponting said Lehmann was still feeling tired and rundown. "He has had a couple of days of not doing too much and we'll
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see how he pulls up in the morning," Ponting said.
England, with concerns over star batsman Michael Vaughan's knee and shoulder and fast bowler Steve Harmison's shin splints, will also wait until Saturday to name their team.
Captain Nasser Hussain is anxious to slot in Vaughan -- Man of the Series in the Ashes Tests -- into the top three of the one-day side.
Vaughan has always batted at four or lower for England and Yorkshire in one-dayers.
"We would like to bat him in the top three, definitely," Hussain said. "When he is the number two batsman in the world, there's no point hiding him down the order."
But with the World Cup a month away, Vaughan and Harmison would be treated very carefully, he said.
Hussain seemed unsurprised by Sri Lanka's stunning form reversal Thursday when they thrashed Australia by 79 runs in Sydney.
He said that while they appeared down and out after their match against Australia A in Adelaide, they had a much better batting lineup than their recent statistics suggested.
Ponting was still smarting from the heavy loss.
"That game was disappointing," he said. "It was not really an Australian team that took the field, I don't think.
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"Our performance was not up to the high expectations we have of the
team and we have spoken about that and we will speak about it again and we will make sure that we are a better side Saturday."
He agreed fatigue might have been a factor.
"I would be lying if I said some of the guys weren't a little bit tired," he said.
In that regard, McGrath's enforced rest may be a blessing in disguise. McGrath said he had been able to have a rest, work on his fitness and spend more time with his family.
"So even though it's been negative in one way, I've used it as a positive," he said.
The match is expected to be played in fine weather on a Bellerive Oval wicket curator Peter Apps said should be dry, even and hard. The match is a sell-out at the 16,000 capacity ground.