List of international cricket centuries by Michael Clarke

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Clarke scored 36 centuries for Australia in international cricket.[1]

Michael Clarke is an Australian former cricketer and captain of the Australia national cricket team.[2][n 1] He scored centuries (100 or more runs in a single innings) in Test matches and One Day International (ODI) matches on 28 and 8 occasions respectively during his international career.[4][5] He played 115 Tests and 238 ODIs for Australia, scoring 8,643 and 7,981 runs, respectively.[2] Journalist Peter English wrote that "Clarke could do anything with the bat, but he has matured into one of the game's most professional, reliable and focussed players".[2] He was named by Wisden as one of their Cricketers of the Year in 2010.[6][7] Cricket Australia awarded him with the Allan Border Medal in 2005, 2009, 2012 and 2013.[8][n 2]

Clarke scored a century on his Test debut against India at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore, in 2004.[10][11] His highest Test score of 329 not out – the highest individual score in an innings at the Sydney Cricket Ground – came against the same team, during the 2011–12 series.[12][13][n 3] As of 2015, Clarke was the only player to have scored four double centuries (200 or more runs) during a calendar year, and the third to achieve two double centuries in a series twice.[15][n 4] He has scored Test centuries at sixteen cricket grounds, including eleven at venues outside Australia.[17] He is fifth in the list of Test century-makers for Australia, only bettered by Ricky Ponting, Steve Waugh, Matthew Hayden and Don Bradman.[18]

Having made his ODI debut in 2003 against England at Adelaide Oval,[19] Clarke's first century came against Zimbabwe at the Harare Sports Club in May 2004.[20][21] His highest ODI score was 130 runs against India at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, in 2007.[22] Clarke played 34 Twenty20 International (T20I) matches,[23] with a top score of 67, before retiring in January 2011.[3][2]

  1. ^ "Records – Combined Test, ODI and T20I records – Batting records – Most hundreds in a career". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 16 October 2005.
  2. ^ a b c d "Michael Clarke". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 17 March 2013.
  3. ^ a b ESPNcricinfo staff (7 January 2011). "Clarke quits Twenty20, Cameron White new captain". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 25 November 2012.
  4. ^ "Records – Test records – Batting records – Most hundreds in a career". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 16 October 2005.
  5. ^ "Records – ODI records – Batting records – Most hundreds in a career". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 16 October 2005.
  6. ^ "Wisden – Cricketer of the Year – 2000 – Michael Clarke". ESPNcricinfo. 14 April 2010. Retrieved 25 November 2012.
  7. ^ Wilson, Andy (10 April 2013). "Michael Clarke named as Wisden's cricketer of the year". The Guardian. Retrieved 5 May 2013.
  8. ^ Coverdale, Brydon (4 February 2013). "Clarke wins fourth Allan Border Medal". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 25 November 2012.
  9. ^ Coverdale, Brydon (3 February 2009). "Clarke collects Allan Border Madel". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 25 November 2012.
  10. ^ "Clarke hits ton on debut". Sydney Morning Herald. 7 October 2004. Retrieved 5 May 2013.
  11. ^ "Border-Gavaskar Trophy – 1st Test". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 25 November 2012.
  12. ^ "Border-Gavaskar Trophy – 2nd Test". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 25 November 2012.
  13. ^ a b Baum, Greg (2012). "2nd Test: Australia v India in Australia, 2011–12". Wisden. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 25 November 2012.
  14. ^ "Triple-century scored by a Test captain". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 25 November 2012.
  15. ^ "Double-centuries scored by a player in a calendar year". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 25 November 2012.
  16. ^ "Double centuries scored by a player in a series". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 25 November 2012.
  17. ^ "Statsguru – MJ Clarke – Tests – Innings by innings". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 28 February 2014. Retrieved 27 March 2013.
  18. ^ "Records – Test matches – Most hundreds in a career for Australia". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 25 November 2012.
  19. ^ "VB Series – 11th match". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 25 November 2012.
  20. ^ "Clarke seals clean sweep". BBC Sport. 29 May 2004. Retrieved 5 May 2013.
  21. ^ "Australia in Zimbabwe ODI Series – 3rd ODI". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 25 November 2012.
  22. ^ "Australia in India ODI Series – 1st ODI". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 25 November 2012.
  23. ^ "Statistics – Statsguru – Michael Clarke – Twenty20 Internationals". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 25 November 2012.


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