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Australia
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AUS
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Michael Clarke
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Right-hand bat
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Slow left-arm orthodox
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22
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1123
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3622
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2/4
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151
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158
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8
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937
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6/9
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82
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105
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1022
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25
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5/35
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28 April
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(often known as "Pup" or "Clarkey") (born
April 2 ,
1981 in
Liverpool ,
New South Wales ) is a
Australian Cricketer .
He is a right-handed
Batsman , highly-rated fieldsman and occasional
Left-arm Orthodox Spin bowler. He made his
First-class debut for New South Wales as an eighteen year old in the 1999-2000 Australian domestic season. He was dropped from the Test team after a poor Ashes series and subsequent Test matches in late 2005 upon his return to Australia after not scoring a century for a year. It was announced on
7 March 2006 that he would be included in the Test squad to tour
South Africa after making his first ever first-class double century and heavy scoring in ODIs. He was recalled in place of
Andrew Symonds for the Test matches in April 2006 against
Bangladesh .
Clarke quickly began showing his potential, after being fast-tracked into the Australian national team, making his
One-day International debut in January 2003 against
England . He immediately made a name for himself on the international scene for his aggressive yet mature batting ability.
Clarke was selected to make his Test debut against
India at
Bangalore , October 2004, despite having a first-class average below 40. He succeeded on debut, scoring 151 and consequently helping Australia to victory, invoking comparisons to past Australian batsmen such as
Doug Walters and
Mark Waugh . Clarke played a major part in Australia's 2-1 series victory, their first in India in over thirty years, contributing outstanding bowling figures of 6 for 9 in the final Test of the series.
On his return to Australia he made another debut century, his first home Test in
Brisbane against
New Zealand , becoming one of the few Test cricketers to have achieved the feat of Test centuries on both their home and away debuts.
In recognition of his performance in the 2004 calendar year, he was awarded the
Allan Border Medal in 2005.
Test Debut: vs
India ,
Bangalore , 2004-2005
- Clarke's highest Test batting score of 151 was made against India, Bangalore, 2004-2005. He then made 141 against New Zealand in November 2004 on his debut on home-soil at the Gabba (Brisbane, Australia ). He became the only Australian to ever score a century on both home and away debuts.
- His best Test bowling figures of 6 for 9 (6.2) came against India, Mumbai , 2004-2005
ODI Debut: vs
England ,
Adelaide , 2002-2003
- Clarke's highest ODI batting score of 105 not out was made against Zimbabwe , Harare , 2004
- His best ODI bowling figures of 5 for 35 came against Sri Lanka , Dambulla , 2003-2004
