Michael John Clarke or Michael Clarke is a professional Australian
cricketer and the captain of the Australian cricket team. He was born in 2
April 1981. His Nick name is "Pup". Michael John Clarke is a right-handed middle-order batsman. He is
an occasionally left-arm orthodox spin bowler and also a slip catcher.
Michael Clarke
represents New South Wales at a domestic level cricket. Clarke stood down as
captain of the Australian Twenty-20 cricket team to concentrate on his Test and
ODI performance In January 2011.
Clarke
scored a double century at the Adelaide Oval on 22 November 2012. Clarke is an
only Test batsman to ever achieve four double centuries in a calendar year.
Clarke won the “Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy” thereby winning the Cricketer of
the Year 2013 and also the Test Cricketer of the Year 2013.
In
the 2013–14 Ashes series, Clarke led
Australia to a 5–0 whitewash of England. In 2010, he was named as a Wisden
Cricketer of the Year.
He was named Wisden Leading Cricketer in the World for the year 2012 in 2013
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack. To see Michael
John Clarke’s career statistics, you can visit www.cricinfo.com or other sites.
The
short life profile of Michael John
Clarke is-
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Name
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Michael
John Clarke
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Born
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2
April 1981 (age 33) at Liverpool of New South Wales in Australia
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Nickname
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Pup
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Height
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178
cm (5 ft 10 in)
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Batting style
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Right-handed
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Bowling style
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Slow
left-arm orthodox
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Test debut
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6
October 2004 v India
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