Michael Clarke (cricketer)

Michael Clarke

AO
Clarke in 2009
Personal information
Full name
Michael John Clarke
Born2 April 1981 (1981-04-02) (age 43)
Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia
NicknamePup
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 (previously 49)
T20I debut (cap 1)17 February 2005 v New Zealand
Last T20I31 October 2010 v Sri Lanka
T20I shirt no.23
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1999/00–2013/14New 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/–
Medal record
Men's Cricket
Representing  Australia
ICC Cricket World Cup
Winner 2007 West Indies
Winner 2015 Australia and New Zealand
ICC T20 World Cup
Runner-up 2010 West Indies
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 2 April 2019

Michael John Clarke AO (born 2 April 1981) is an Australian former cricketer. He was captain of the Australian cricket team in both Test and One Day International (ODI) between 2011 and 2015, leading Australia to victory in the 2015 Cricket World Cup. He also served as captain of the Twenty20 International (T20I) side between 2007 and 2010. With his time representing Australia, Clarke won multiple ICC titles with the team: the 2007 Cricket World Cup, the 2015 Cricket World Cup which he was the winning captain, and the 2006 ICC Champions Trophy.

Nicknamed "Pup",[2] Clarke was 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.

Clarke retired from all forms of cricket after the final Test of the 2015 Ashes series.

  1. ^ "Michael Clarke". cricket.com.au. Cricket Australia. Archived from the original on 16 January 2014. Retrieved 15 January 2014.
  2. ^ Summerfield, Shaun. "Martin Crowe: Michael Clarke has 'growing up to do'". Newshub. Retrieved 3 March 2016.