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WELCOME to Australia's inner sanctum, the dressing room at the Sydney Cricket Ground, as Michael Clarke's buoyant team prepares for what they hope will be a 5-0 whitewash against England.
The exclusive access gained by photographer Phil Hillyard has given an unrivalled view into the world inhabited by Australia's elite cricketers for more than a century.
Don Bradman frequented these dressing rooms for NSW and Australia before the parents of these current players were born.
The Australian cricket team poses for a portrait in the SCG dressing rooms. Pic: Phil Hillyard Source: News Limited
The rooms do not ooze the new age glitz and glamour of modern sporting heroes, they are small and functional, reflecting a game as steeped in tradition as the members' stand they inhabit.
Michael Clarke is the only member of the team to have played in Australia's famous 2006-07 whitewash, which was completed in Sydney.
Hillyard was hoping to take the same picture of that exceptional team as greats such as Shane Warne and Glenn McGrath bowed out but was beaten by a lack of time leading into that Test.
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"I'm grateful to Michael Clarke and (coach) Darren Lehmann for allowing me to capture this unique piece of history," said Hillyard, who will be photographing the fifth and final Test in Sydney for News Corp Australia when it begins on Friday.
That history could extend to the same 11 Australian players competing in all five Tests of a 5-0 clean sweep.
Even if Australia does whitewash England, Clarke claims he will be far from satisfied.
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"I think this team can get better. I don't think it would be wise of us to get carried away. We've won four Test matches in our own backyard," Clarke said after training at the SCG on Friday.
"But it seems in international cricket at the moment a lot of teams are having success in their own backyard. It's what you do away from home as well.
"And that's going to be a huge challenge for us over the next 12 months. We play some really tough opposition.
"And we've got to try to find a way to have some success overseas as well. I certainly believe this team can get better."
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