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Back home, lying on his couch late at night, Shane "Twatto" Watson, while flipping through the telly lands on the infomercial Total Gym and the pitchman was none other than the inimitable Chuck "I have a third fist under my beard" Norris. ...(more)

In one of my many conversations on facebook, I mentioned that Australia had been outplayed by Pakistan during the home series held in England.One of my Pro-Australian friends differed and said that the statement was true if only I had added...(more)

You see, the thing is with Australia is they can’t yet hide their contempt for Twenty20s. That’s a bit strong, admittedly, but I’ve been fascinated by Michael Clarke’s reactions to both defeats at the hands of a turb...(more)

Pakistan v Australia (T20 II)[scorecard]Dunno why it so bloody hurts. It’s just a T20. Maybe the defeat would be more bearable, if Mo Asif had been playing. But once more the Oz fort, the best batting line-up in the world, has been ta...(more)

Hampshire v Glamorgan (FP T20)[scorecard]Hants decide to bat. Restless feet in expectation of Jimmy Adams magic. Mark Cosgrove gets an extra special portrait at the beginning as being the dangerman. Lumb gets a mention because he couldnR...(more)

Right. So the T20 World Cup is only a week away, and with this mini-break from the IPL, it only seems appropriate to start posting about it. Rather than do the ’one team a post’ thing which would take ages, I’ll be doing i...(more)

The long awaited squad announcement for the Australian Euro campaign is out!!!Twenty20 squad Shane Watson, David Warner, Michael Clarke (capt), Cameron White, David Hussey, Michael Hussey, Brad Haddin, Daniel Christian, Steven Smith, M...(more)

Sure, it looks glamorous but have you ever stopped to think what life is really like for an Australian cricketer? On top of a heavy playing and training schedule, waste of time competitions like the IPL and the Champions’ Trophy and a...(more)

Let me guide your attention to a handful of noteworthy interviews and blog posts:Shane Bond elaborates on how his all-or-nothing attitude has affected his body over the years and led him to stepping down from all forms of cricket. Suhas (...(more)

We didn’t actually pay any attention to the cricket at all over the weekend. How should we be punished?
By working as Michael Clarke’s ego masseur
By working as South Africa’s actual masseur
By having to share our lunch w...(more)
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He is the preordained second-most-powerful-man-in-Australia. At the very least, one could reasonably expect him to be near the forefront of thought leadership of the patch he prowls. At a bare minimum, he should understand the tactics, temp...(more)

South Africa kicks off their (huge, extended, everlasting) tour of the Caribbean with two Twenty20 Internationals in Antigua on Wednesday and Thursday and it affords both ailing sides the opportunity to redeem themselves in the T20 format.W...(more)

Donny Deutsch called it The Big Idea. David Cameron calls it The Big Society. I call it The Big England.Nobody on the planet could have been less surprised than me at the way England hammered Australia in the final of the World Twenty20 in ...(more)

Image via WikipediaAs per Cricinfo, the teams for the T20 World Cup final will be from Australia squad -MJ Clarke*, DT Christian, BJ Haddin†, RJ Harris, NM Hauritz, DJ Hussey, MEK Hussey, MG Johnson, DP Nannes, TD Paine†, SPD Smith, ...(more)

Barring accidents, disaster, recession or disease, the World Twenty20 final should be contested by England and Australia in a few days from now.The tossers who seed sides for ICC tournaments didn’t rate Australia’s chances of ev...(more)

Zimbabwe delivered Australia a wake-up call after taking two wickets in the final over to seal a one-run win in their warm-up in St Lucia. Australia were on track chasing Zimbabwe’s 173 for 7 when David Warner smashed 72 off 49 and th...(more)

You’d be forgiven for thinking that the ICC World Twenty20 - which starts in Guyana at the end of this month - is a boring old afterthought to the IPL, considering the relative marketing strengths of the two.The ICC might not have the...(more)

I’ve done my best to resist the temptation to write about this, but I can hold out no more. With all the hypocritical, holier-than-thou and utterly irrelevant commentary doing the rounds of Australia’s tabloids and broadsheets o...(more)

The most whipped player in world cricket is at it again. Michael Clarke has hopped on the first plane out of New Zealand to return home mid-tour citing “family reasons”. Whilst the circumstances surrounding Clarke’s r...(more)
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