Michael Clarke

Former Australia captain Michael Clarke hopes opener Usman Khawaja can quit after this Test in Sydney.  The 38-year-old southpaw has looked terrible this season. He has one fifty plus innings thrown.  "This is Uzzie’s home Test match, the SCG," Clarke told Beyond 23 podcast.  "He has been a phenomenal player, phenomenal. Go back in, score runs overseas, score runs here in Australia. He is 38 years old so I think this could be a really good game for Uzzie to say he is

Former Australia captain Michael Clarke believes the current Australian players “sucked up” to Virat Kohli and India so that their million dollar IPL deals could be protected. He went on to add that this led to Australian cricket becoming ‘soft’ which was never a good sign. “Everybody knows how powerful India are in regards to the financial part of the game, internationally or domestically with the IPL,” Clarke told Big Sports Breakfast. “I feel that Australian cricket, and probably every other team over a

David Warner scored his maiden triple ton in the second Test match against Pakistan in Adelaide. In the process, he decimated the opposition bowlers as they were left with no answers to counter to Warner's brilliance. Warner hit 39 fours and a six to take Australia to 589/3 after which Smith declared the innings, Warner finished unbeaten on 335 from 418 balls, taking over the likes of Don Bradman, Mark Taylor and Michael Clarke to end up as Australia's second-highest Test scorer. Australia