Clarke announces retirement after Ashes
Michael John Clarke is an Australian Test cricketer and current Australian cricket team Test captain. Under his captaincy Australia defeated New Zealand in the final of the recent ICC Cricket World cup at the MCG. He was also the Australian ODI cricket captain until his retirement from ODI cricket after the 2015 Cricket World Cup.
In January 2011, Clarke stood down as captain of the Australian Twenty-20 cricket team to concentrate on his Test and ODI performance. 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. He led Australia to a 5–0 whitewash of England in the 2013–14 Ashes series. He was named as a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 2010 Wisden Cricketers' Almanack. He was named Wisden Leading Cricketer in the World for the year 2012 in 2013 Wisden Cricketers' Almanack.
Full name Michael John Clarke
Born 2 April 1981 (age 34)
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Slow left-arm orthodox
Test debut (cap 389) 6 October 2004 v India
Last Test 29th July - 2nd August 2015 v England
ODI debut (cap 149) 19 January 2003 v England
Last ODI 29 March 2015 v New Zealand
ODI shirt no. 23
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 114 245 177 311
Runs scored 8,615 7,981 13,360 9,821
Batting average 49.51 44.58 48.05 42.51
100s/50s 28/27 8/58 45/46 9/72
Top score 329* 130 329* 130
Balls bowled 2,435 2,585 3,615 3,295
Wickets 31 57 42 84
Bowling average 38.19 37.64 44.71 32.01
5 wickets in innings 2 1 2 1
10 wickets in match 0 n/a 0 n/a
Best bowling 6/9 5/35 6/9 5/35
Catches/stumpings 131/– 105/– 190/– 131/–
MJ Clarke's record as captain -
Matches Won Lost Drawn Tied No result
Test 39 19 13 7 0 –
ODI 66 43 20 – – 3
T20I 18 12 4 – 1 1
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