Michael Clarke (cricketer)

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Michael Clarke
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Clarke in 2009
Personal information
Full nameMichael John Clarke
Born2 April 1981 (1981-04-02) (age 40)
Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia
NicknamePup, Clarkey, Mike
Height178 cm (5 ft 10 in)[1]
BattingRight-handed
BowlingSlow left-arm orthodox
RoleBatsman
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 389)6 October 2004 v India
Last Test20 August 2015 v England
ODI debut (cap 149)19 January 2003 v England
Last ODI29 March 2015 v New Zealand
ODI shirt no.23
T20I debut (cap 1)17 February 2005 v New Zealand
Last T20I31 October 2010 v Sri Lanka
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2000–2015New South Wales
2004Hampshire
2012Pune Warriors India
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 115 245 188 313
Runs scored 8,643 7,981 13,826 9,905
Batting average 49.10 44.58 47.02 42.51
100s/50s 28/27 8/58 45/48 9/73
Top score 329* 130 329* 130
Balls bowled 2,435 2,585 3,627 3,295
Wickets 31 57 42 84
Bowling average 38.19 37.64 44.90 32.01
5 wickets in innings 2 1 2 1
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0
Best bowling 6/9 5/35 6/9 5/35
Catches/stumpings 134/– 106/– 203/– 132/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 2 April 2019

Michael John Clarke AO (born 2 April 1981) is an Australian cricket commentator and former cricketer. He led Australia to their 5th Cricket World Cup triumph, when his team were victorious in the final of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 at the MCG against New Zealand.[2] He is regarded as one of the best batsmen of his generation.

He is the first captain for Australia in Twenty20 Internationals. His ODI shirt number of 23 was passed on to him by Shane Warne after his international retirement. Nicknamed "Pup",[3] he is a right-handed middle-order batsman, an occasional left-arm orthodox spin bowler and also a slip catcher. He represented New South Wales at a domestic level.

In January 2011, Clarke stood down as captain of the Australian Twenty20 cricket team to concentrate on his Test and ODI performance.[4]

After announcing he would retire from One Day cricket after the end of the 2015 Cricket World Cup, Clarke starred in the final against New Zealand top scoring with a score of 74 off 72 balls, as Australia won their fifth World Cup title. He was bowled when nine runs were required to win and received a standing ovation from the 93,013 strong MCG crowd after his dismissal.

On 8 August 2015, Clarke announced that he would retire from all forms of cricket after the final Test of the 2015 Ashes series.

Domestic career[]

Clarke made his first-class debut for New South Wales as a seventeen-year-old in a game against the touring Indian side at the Sydney Cricket Ground in December 1999.[5] He made his One Day International debut in January 2003 against England at Adelaide and his Test debut for Australia in October 2004 against India.[6] He was an AIS Australian Cricket Academy scholarship holder in 1999–2000.[7] Clarke also played at an English Club Team in 2002 (Ramsbottom Cricket Club).

On 1 May 2012, Clarke made his debut in the Indian Premier League for Pune Warriors India.[8]

In 2013, Clarke was named captain of the Sydney Thunder in Australia's Twenty20 Big Bash League,[9] however, due to injury and international team commitments, he never actually played a game for the Thunder.[10]

International career[]

Early years[]

Clarke was born on 2 April 1981 to a middle-class family.[citation needed]

He was chosen to make his Test debut against India at Bangalore, in October 5 to 9, 2004, despite having a first-class average below 40. He succeeded on debut, scoring 151 and consequently helping Australia to victory, invoking comparisons to past Australian batsmen such as Doug Walters and Mark Waugh. The innings, felt Peter Roebuck, was especially notable for its aggression and freedom. "Not that the assault was reckless," he added. "Indeed the control was impressive. Clarke calculated the risks and took his brains with him down the track. Of course he need a bit of luck, was plumb in front in the nineties, but few begrudged him his hundred. And everyone except his weary foes celebrated with him and his tearful family when he reached three figures. After all, he had advanced both the match and the game."[11]

Clarke batting for Australia in 2009

Clarke went on to play a major part leading both the batting and bowling averages for the series[12] in Australia's 2–1 series victory, their first in India in over thirty years, contributing figures of 6 for 9 off 6.2 overs in the fourth Test, which Australia lost. On his return to Australia he made another debut century, his first home Test in Brisbane against New Zealand, becoming one of the few Test cricketers to have achieved the feat of Test centuries on both their home and away debuts.[citation needed] In recognition of his performance in the 2004 calendar year, he was awarded the Allan Border Medal in 2005.

Clarke's poor form during the 2005 Ashes series and his failure to score a Test century for over a year saw him dropped from the Test team in late 2005. Clarke had previously remarked that one of his career aims was to never be dropped from the Test team.[citation needed]

As a child, Clarke said in a biography that he was a natural lefty who switched to bat right handed, the same as his father.[citation needed]

Golden comeback[]

In early 2006, after making his first first-class double century and scoring heavily in ODIs, Clarke was recalled for the tour of South Africa. He was then picked over Andrew Symonds for the April 2006 Tests against Bangladesh. Against England, two consecutive centuries in the second and third Ashes Tests while Shane Watson was injured helped Australia to regain the Ashes and cemented Clarke's position in the Test team.[citation needed]

Clarke then helped Australia retain the 2007 Cricket World Cup in the West Indies where they did not lose a game. After Damien Martyn's retirement he was elevated to number five in the batting line up. He had a superb tournament making four 50s including a 92 and a 93* against the Netherlands and South Africa. He also made an unbeaten 60 against South Africa in the semi-final to guide Australia into the final at Barbados, against Sri Lanka. He was named as 12th man in the 'Team of the Tournament' by Cricinfo for the 2007 World Cup.[13]

Clarke's results in international matches[14]
  Matches Won Lost Drawn Tied No result
Test[15] 115 64 32 19 0 -
ODI[16] 245 167 64 - 1 13
T20I[17] 34 18 14 – 1 1
Last Updated: August 23, 2015

Struggle in form[]

Clarke faced only four balls for three runs in the ICC World Twenty20, when Australia were knocked out by India in the semi-final. Two weeks later he made 130 against India in the first of a seven-match ODI series.[18] He did not maintain that form in the remaining 6 matches mustering up just one fifty. He opened the batting in the final two games after a hip injury ruled out Matthew Hayden and he made two golden ducks. In the tour-ending Twenty20 match Clarke dropped back down the order with the return of Hayden, and scored 25 not out in a heavy defeat.

Michael Clarke on his way to 99* against England at the Oval in 2010

On 9 November 2007, Clarke notched up his fifth Test century against Sri Lanka in a two Test series. Clarke shared a 245 run partnership with Mike Hussey at the Gabba in Brisbane, Hussey departed on 133 but Clarke went on and had a partnership with Symonds who made 53*, the pair were unbeaten when Ricky Ponting declared the innings, Clarke top scoring with 145 not out.

On 6 January 2008, Clarke dismissed Harbhajan Singh, RP Singh and Ishant Sharma in the second last over of the day, with just eight minutes remaining[citation needed], to claim the final three wickets and win the Test match for Australia (at one stage he was on a hat trick, dismissing Harbhajan Singh and RP Singh on consecutive deliveries).[19] His innings figures were 3 for 5 in 1.5 overs. Australian captain Ricky Ponting had declared that morning, setting India a total of 333 to chase and allowing Australia arguably too little time to bowl out the visitors. Clarke's wickets ensured that Australia retained the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in 2008 and kept their world record equalling 16 match win streak alive.

Vice captaincy[]

After the retirement of Adam Gilchrist, in April 2008 Clarke was named vice-captain of the Australian side.[20] Clarke missed the start of Australia's 2008 tour of the West Indies following the death of Bingle's father, meaning Hussey took over as vice-captain for the start of the tour.[citation needed] Soon after Clarke joined up with the squad, he scored a century in the second Test in Antigua, going on to captain the side in the final two One Day Internationals, both of which were won, in the absence through injury of Ponting.

Clarke with Mitchell Johnson in 2009.

He was named man of the series in the two-Test series against New Zealand in Australia with scores of 110, 98 and 10, as well as being the top run-scorer in the three-Test series against South Africa in Australia.[citation needed] Clarke won the 2009 Allan Border Medal in a tie with Ricky Ponting both scoring 41 points, and was named Test Cricketer of the Year. [21] For his performances in 2009, he was named in the World Test XI by the ICC.[22]

Captaincy[]

On 5 December 2007, Cricket Australia named Clarke as captain of Australia for their one-off Twenty20 game against New Zealand in Perth, after deciding to rest Ponting and Hayden.[23]

Michael Clarke's record as captain
  Matches Won Lost Drawn Tied No result Win %
Test[24] 47 24 16 7 0 – 51.06%
ODI[25] 74 50 21 - - 3 67.57%
T20I[26] 18 12 4 – 1 1 66.67%
Last Updated: August 23, 2015

Clarke was named as captain of Australia's Twenty20 side in October 2009,[27][28] taking over from Ricky Ponting, who retired from Twenty20 International cricket to prolong his career.[29][30] In January 2011, Clarke was named as stand-in captain for the fifth Test of the 2010-11 Ashes Series at the SCG, replacing the injured Ricky Ponting. He announced his retirement from Twenty20 International cricket on 7 January 2011, to concentrate on the longer forms of the game.[31] When Ponting stood down from the captaincy of the Australian Test and ODI sides after the 2011 World Cup, Clarke was appointed as his permanent replacement in both roles.[32]

His knock of 151 against South Africa at Cape Town was nominated to be one of the best Test batting performance of the year 2011 by ESPNCricinfo.[33]

In January 2012, in the second Test of Australia's home series against India and after a string of Test centuries since becoming captain, Clarke became the first Australian batsman since Matthew Hayden in 2003 to score a triple hundred. He joined with Ricky Ponting (134) in a partnership of 288, then added 334 with Michael Hussey (150*) before declaring on 329*, having started his innings with the score at 37/3.[34] This match against India was the 100th Test to be played at the Sydney Cricket Ground, and Clarke's score was both the highest ever made in an Australia-India Test (surpassing V. V. S. Laxman's 281 from the 2000/01 season) and the highest ever achieved at the ground. The ground high score record had been held for more than a century by Englishman Reg "Tip" Foster's 287 scored in the 1903/04 season.[35] Clarke led Australia to a 4–0 win and was named the player of the series,[36] having scored 626 runs at an average of 125.20.[37] His knock was nominated to be one of the best Test batting performance of the year by ESPNCricinfo.[38] He joined his triple century in Sydney with a double-century (210) in the first innings of the fourth Test in Adelaide. His 386-run partnership with Ponting (who scored 221) was the fourth-highest in Australian Test history.[39] Following the Frank Worrell Trophy 2012, Ian Chappell said Clarke "is quickly establishing a well-deserved reputation for brave and aggressive captaincy. His entertaining approach is based on one premise: trying to win the match from the opening delivery. This should be the aim of all international captains, but sadly it isn't."[40]

Three weeks before 2013 Ashes Series, Michael Clarke requested to stand down from his role as a selector, which also coincided with the sacking of coach Mickey Arthur and the naming of Darren Lehmann as his successor. After the first Ashes Test against England at Gabba, Clarke was fined by ICC for using abusive language towards James Anderson.[41] He regained the coveted Ashes on 17 December 2013 at Perth after six years, and subsequently led Australia to a 5–0 whitewash of England in the 2013–14 Ashes series.[42]

On 22 November 2012, Clarke scored a double century at the Adelaide Oval, making him the only Test batsman to ever achieve four double centuries in a calendar year. He won the Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy, thereby winning the Cricketer of the Year 2013 and also the Test Cricketer of the Year 2013.[43] He led Australia to a 5–0 whitewash of England in the 2013–14 Ashes series for the first time since 2006–07 Ashes series. He was named as a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 2010 Wisden Cricketers' Almanack.[44] He was named Wisden Leading Cricketer in the World for the year 2012 in 2013 Wisden Cricketers' Almanack.[45] For his performances in 2012, he was named as captain of the World Test XI and ODI XI by the ICC[46][47][circular reference] . He was also named in the World Test XI by the ICC in 2013.[48] He was also named in the Test XI of the year by Cricinfo for 2012 and 2013.[49][50]

Under his captaincy, Australia made their lowest Test score (47 all out) in 109 years,[51][52] and shortest first innings (18.3 overs, 60 all out) in Test cricket history,[53][54][55][56] and their worst-ever series defeat against India in Test history, which is also the first 4–0 whitewash for Australia against any side since 1969.[57][58][59] Several of his teammates have criticised his captaincy. Mitchell Johnson described the team atmosphere as 'toxic' under his captaincy,[60][61] while Michael Hussey described the dressing room was stressful and tense.[62][63] Several former players including John Buchanan[64][65][66] Andrew Symonds,[67][68] Matthew Hayden,[69][70] and Simon Katich[71][72][73] spoke against his captaincy.

Late career[]

Clarke had been struggling with injuries in 2014, and it was evident with the loss against Zimbabwe in the triangular series, after which he returned home for treatment having aggravated his hamstring injury.[74] Later in the year, during the first Test in Adelaide Oval on the first Test since the death of Phillip Hughes, Clarke initially retired hurt at 60 after re-injuring his back, an issue he has had since his teenage years, then returned to score 128 on the first innings, but he went off the field again after tearing his right hamstring while fielding on the fifth day. After the win, Clarke has hinted that his cricketing career may be over after he ruled himself out for the rest of the series.[75] Steve Smith was appointed as the next captain for the remainder of the series against India.[76]

On 24 December 2014, Clarke joined Channel Nine's commentary team for the Boxing Day Test.[77] Clarke captained the Australian team for 2015 Cricket World Cup, where Australia co-hosts the tournament with New Zealand. Australia defeated New Zealand in the final and won the World Cup under the captaincy of Michael Clarke. This was Australia's fifth World Cup and the first team to win five World Cups.

Clarke announced that he would retire from One Day Cricket at the conclusion of the 2015 Cricket World Cup.[78][79] Clarke played 244 ODIs, made 7907 runs at an average of 44.42 with 8 centuries and 58 half-centuries. He led his country in 73 matches, of which Australia won 49.[80]

Clarke announced that he would retire from all forms of cricket at the end of 2015 Ashes series after losing the 4th match and losing all of his away Ashes series as a player and captain. In the 5th match, where Australia gained a consolation win, it marked the first and only time where Clarke had enforced the follow-on. He would, however make his grade cricket return in February 2016.[citation needed]

Under his captaincy, Australia whitewashed arch-rivals England 5–0 during the 2013–14 Ashes series down-under and also gained the No. 1 Test ranking from South Africa after a long span of 4 years and 9 months (from August 2009 to April 2014), when Australia defeated South Africa 2–1 in a 3 match Test series, during Australia's tour of South Africa in 2014.

Clarke was unpopular with some members of the public.[81][82][83] Some of the criticism revolves around his batting position at number five in Australia's Test line-up, with detractors accusing him of using much more inexperienced batsmen to protect him by having them bat higher up the order.[84][85]

Honours[]

Clarke won the Allan Border Medal, considered to be the most prestigious individual prize in Australian cricket, four times, in 2005, 2009 (jointly with Ricky Ponting), 2012 and 2013. Only Ponting had won it as many times.[86] He was also awarded the Men's Test Player of the Year at the Allan Border Medal ceremony by the CA in 2009, 2012, 2013 and 2014.[87]

Clarke was made an Officer of the Order of Australia in the 2020 Queen's Birthday Honours, "for distinguished service to cricket as a player at the national and international level, through leadership roles, and to the community."[88]

Career highlights[]

Main article: List of international cricket centuries by Michael Clarke

Tests[]

  • Clarke's debut Test score of 151 was made against India in Bangalore, 2004–05;[89]
  • He made 141 against New Zealand in November 2004 on his debut on home-soil at the Gabba (Brisbane, Australia),[90] making him the only Australian to score a century on both home and away debuts.
  • His best Test bowling figures of 6 for 9 (6.2 overs) came against India, Mumbai, 2004–05.[91]
  • His first Ashes century came in December 2006, when he hit 124 at the Adelaide Oval to help Australia to victory.[92]
  • He dismissed India's last three batsman in five balls on the fifth day of the 2nd Test against India on 6 January 2008.[93]
  • He won Australian Man of the Series in the 2009 Ashes Series. He was nominated by England team director Andy Flower for his "excellent batting".
  • He was named full-time one-day and Test captain of Australia on 29 March 2011.[94]
  • Clarke's highest Test batting score of 329* was made on 5 January 2012 against India. This is the highest Test match batting score at the Sydney Cricket Ground,[35] and the fourth best Test match batting score of all time by an Australian.[95]
  • Michael Clarke set the record for the highest Test score by any batsman in Test history when batting at number 5 position (329*) and also he was only the second triple centurion at number 5 position after Donald Bradman[96]
  • Clarke made 210 in Adelaide, thereby joining Don Bradman and Wally Hammond as the only players to have made a triple century and a double century in the same series.[97]
  • Clarke's score of 259* made at the Gabba on 9 November 2012 against South Africa is the highest Test score at the ground.[98]
  • Clarke is the only Test batsman to reach four double centuries in a single calendar year, with a double century (230) at the Adelaide Oval on 22 November 2012.[99]
An innings-by-innings breakdown of Clarke's Test match batting career as at 5 January 2012, showing runs scored (bars – not out innings in orange, others in blue) and the career to-date batting average (red line). An alternative image showing a 10 innings moving average is also available.

One-Day Internationals[]

  • Clarke's highest ODI batting score of 130 was made against India, at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore, 2007
  • He was the captain of Australia for the 2009 One Dayers as well as Twenty20 matches vs England
  • He was named full-time one-day and Test captain of Australia on 29 March 2011.
A match-by-match breakdown of Clarke's ODI batting career as at 23 January 2012, showing runs scored (bars – not out innings in orange, others in blue) and the career to-date batting average (red line). An alternative image showing a 10 match moving average is also available.

Career best performances[]

Batting
Score Fixture Venue Season
Test 329* Australia v India SCG, Sydney 2012[100]
ODI 130 India v Australia M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore 2007[101]
T20I 67 New Zealand v Australia AMI Stadium, Christchurch 2010[102]
FC 329* Australia v India SCG, Sydney 2012[100]
LA 130 India v Australia M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore 2007[101]
T20 67 New Zealand v Australia AMI Stadium, Christchurch 2010[102]

Post retirement[]

In November 2016, he became a full-time commentator for Nine's Wide World of Sports cricket coverage. He commentates on all international matches alongside fellow commentators Mark Nicholas, Mark Taylor, Ian Healy, Michael Slater and Shane Warne.

Personal life[]

Clarke's father used to own an indoor sports centre.[103] In 2005–2006, Clarke was diagnosed with skin cancer. He was also diagnosed with chronic back pain at the age of 17. He has successfully managed his back pain since that time. In the later part of his career he also suffered from hamstring injuries. Despite being a natural left-hander, he modelled his game after his father, and learnt to bat right-handed while still bowling left-handed.

During the Australian Cricket tour of New Zealand in March 2010, Clarke left the tour to return to Sydney for "personal reasons". In a late night press conference on 12 March 2010, Clarke's management confirmed he and then-fiancée, model Lara Bingle (now Worthington), had decided to terminate their engagement.[104] Speaking to GQ Australia in November 2010, Clarke said of his decision to leave the tour of New Zealand, "My decision that I made there, was what I thought was right. I respect playing for my country that much that I thought, if I'm going to let anybody down, I shouldn't be here — there's somebody else who could be doing a better job than me. Going home was the right decision at the time for me. I don't regret that decision."[105]

Clarke married business owner and model Kyly Boldy on 15 May 2012.[106][107] The couple have one daughter and went to school together at Westfield Sports High School in Sydney.[108][109] They announced their separation on 12 February 2020 and said that they had officially separated 5 months earlier.[110] In 2020, Clarke dated fashion business owner Pip Edwards, but their relationship ended in early 2021.[111]

He was very close to former Australian Test opener Phil Hughes, and was distraught at the 25-year-old's unexpected death after being hit in the neck by a short-pitched delivery during a Sheffield Shield match at the SCG in November 2014. Clarke gave an emotional speech at Hughes's funeral.[112] He requested Cricket Australia to retire Hughes's shirt number, 64, which was accepted, for a period after the shocking tragedy players raised their bats and looked to the heavens when reaching 63*(Hughes was struck while on 63 runs).[113]

In 2016, Clarke published an autobiography, My Story.[114]

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Further reading[]

  • Roebuck, Peter. "Pup's a brand new dog." Cricinfo. 1 October 2008. [1] (accessed 28 October 2008).
  • Brettig, Daniel. "It's now about gaining respect as a leader" Interview Cricinfo. 18 April 2011. [2]

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