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Jade Clarke has spoken out about her move to Adelaide Thunderbirds insisting she kept Loughborough Lightning informed of all developments. England star Clarke last week stunned the Superleague when news broke that she was to move to ANZ franchise Adelaide from Loughborough.Lightning were less than impressed with the conduct of the Thunderbirds and let it be known in a strongly worded statement that they were unhappy with how the approach was made. Netball side Loughborough Lightning are angry that Adelaide Thunderbirds have signed one of their key players, Jade Clarke, during the season. Now that the dust has settled, Clarke has had her say insisting she kept Lightning informed and maintains that the opportunity to return to the best netball league in the world was something she could not turn down once the chance arose in the summer. England star Clarke will play for the Adelaide Thunderbirds in the 2016 ANZ Championship I was approached by the Adelaide Thunderbirds before the Superleague season started and immediately informed my coach Karen Atkinson, whilst still committing to playing until a resolution was in place, said Clarke.I was left in a difficult predicament, after spending a pre-season with a team that I love; coaches I love working with, and high aspirations for play-offs and beyond.Although the Superleague is stronger than ever before, I feel the opportunity to enter a professional training environment and compete in the worlds best league, whilst taking advantage of playing against all the international players from the number 1 and 2 ranked teams in the world is unparalleled and something that I would encourage any player to do in order to achieve their ultimate goal. Clarke exits stun Lightning Jade Clarke is moving to Australian club Adelaide Clarke spent three years in the ANZ Championship between 2012-15 playing for Northern Mystics, Canterbury Tactix and NSW Swifts and is hoping she gets the chance to say a fond farewell when she plays her last home game for Lighting against Surrey Storm on Saturday - her final two games will be away from home.I would like to thank the netball community for their support over the last few days and I cant wait to see the Lightning fans on Saturday in my final home game, Clarke added.Im a big believer in taking the positives out of any situation. If there is anything that I have learned or could pass on, it is to encourage players and Superleague franchises to come to an agreement so both parties are clear on what will happen should an opportunity to play in another competition arise, however unexpected! 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Hell get high expectations like I do of our defense once he pitches for a while.I thought they only should have scored two of the runs that they scored. Then he got the ball off of his Achilles that he had to come out of the game with. He threw the ball well. His tempo was great, which was really refreshing. He mixed in his off-speed (pitches), all three of them. I thought his fastball command was fine.Miley, who came to the Orioles on July 31 from the Seattle Mariners in a trade for left-hander Ariel Miranda, will make his second start for Baltimore on Tuesday night against the As and rookie right-hander Zach Neal (1-1, 5.25 ERA).Miley (7-9, 5.08 ERA) has been traded three times, but the first two trades came during offseasons. This time, he has to adjust on the run, and so does Wieters.Youve got to talk as much as you can before the start, but you gain a lot of knowledge that first start and you keep adding, Wieters said. It takes a while to really get locked in, but at the same time, youve got to make sure that youu continue to understand what he likes to do each start a little bit more, a little bit more.ddddddddddddeal has made 10 relief appearances and just one spot start over four stints with the As this season. However, Neal, who has been a starter throughout his minor league career, will get another chance to start for the As because of a rash of injuries to starting pitchers, including Sonny Gray.The transition to the (bullpen) this year has been nice and something I got used to and familiar with, but what it comes down to is what they need me to do, Neal said. So whatever they need is what Ill do. Ive always started, so thats something thats familiar to me. and now the pen is familiar to me. too, which is good.I can do both. I think that brings some value. 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