Michael Clarke

Michael John Clarke (born 2 April, 1981 in Liverpool, Sydney, New South Wales) is the former captain of the Australian cricket team. He is nicknamed 'Pup' or 'Clarkey', he is a right-handed batsman, highly-regarded fielder and occasional left-arm orthodox spin bowler. He captained the Australian team to a 5-0 whitewash in the 2013 Ashes series.

Michael Clarke
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Clarke in 2009
Personal information
Full nameMichael John Clarke
Born(2 April 1981-Expression error: Unrecognized word "april".-{{{day}}})Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "{"., Expression error: Unrecognized word "april".Expression error: Unrecognized word "april".Expression error: Unrecognized word "april". (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/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 2 April 2019

References

  1. "Michael Clarke". cricket.com.au. Cricket Australia. Archived from the original on 16 January 2014. Retrieved 15 January 2014.

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