T20
Essex v Hampshire at Chelmsford, 2 July 2004
Pune Warriors v Kolkata Knight Riders at Pune, 19 May 2012
Test
Australia v India at Bangalore, 6–10 October 2004
Australia v England at The Oval, 20-23 August 2015
T20I
Australia v New Zealand at Auckland, 17 February 2005
Australia v Sri Lanka at Perth, 31 October 2010
INTERNATIONAL CRICKET: BATTING
INTERNATIONAL CRICKET: BOWLING
AWARDS
Allan Border Medal
2005, 2009, 2012, 2013
Australian Test Player of the Year
2009, 2012, 2013, 2014
Wisden Cricketer of the Year
2010
Wisden Leading Cricketer in the World
2012
ICC Cricketer of the Year
2013
ICC Test Player of the Year
2013
TEST PLAYER OF SERIES
SERIES
FIRST MATCH
WINNER
Trans-Tasman Trophy (Aus/NZ) in Australia, 2008/09
20/11/08
Australia 2–0
The Ashes (Aus/Eng) in England, 2009
08/07/09
England 2–1
Border–Gavaskar Trophy (Aus/Ind) in Australia, 2011/12
26/12/11
Australia 4–0
South Africa in Australia, 2012/13
09/11/12
South Africa 1–0
Warne–Muralitharan Trophy (Aus/SL) in Australia, 2012/13
14/12/12
Australia 3–0
ODI PLAYER OF SERIES
SERIES
FIRST MATCH
WINNER
Australia v Pakistan ODI Series in UAE, 2009
22/04/09
Australia 3–2
Australia in Sri Lanka, 2011
10/08/11
Australia 3–2
NatWest Series (Aus/Eng) in England, 2013
06/09/13
Australia 2–1
CAREER RECORDS: CAPTAINCY
TEST KEY STATISTICS: AS CAPTAIN
Matches Played:
47
Tosses Won:
24 (51.06%)
Not Outs:
10
Aggregate Runs:
3946
Highest Score:
329*
100s:
14
Batting Average:
51.92
Best Bowling Innings:
5/86
Bowling Average:
36.20
Win–Loss–Draw:
24–16–7
TEST RESULTS: AS CAPTAIN
ONE-DAY INTERNATIONAL KEY STATISTICS: AS CAPTAIN
Matches Played:
74
Tosses Won:
30 (40.54%)
Not Outs:
9
Aggregate Runs:
2745
Highest Score:
117
100s:
5
Batting Average:
45.75
Best Bowling Innings:
3/15
Bowling Average:
30.66
Win–Loss–No Result:
50–21–3
ONE-DAY INTERNATIONAL RESULTS: AS CAPTAIN
TWENTY20 INTERNATIONAL KEY STATISTICS: AS CAPTAIN
Matches Played:
18
Tosses Won:
8 (44.44%)
Not Outs:
3
Aggregate Runs:
369
Highest Score:
67
50s:
1
Batting Average:
28.38
Best Bowling Innings:
1/2
Bowling Average:
72.00
Win–Loss–Tied–No Result:
12–4–1–1
TWENTY20 INTERNATIONAL RESULTS:AS CAPTAIN
CAREER RECORDS: TESTS
BATTING
KEY STATISTICS: BATTING
Matches Played:
115
Innings Played:
198
Not Outs:
22
Aggregate Runs:
8643
Highest Score:
329*
50s:
27
100s:
28
200s:
4
300s:
1
Ducks:
9
Scoring Rate:
55.92
Batting Average:
49.10
Batting Average as Captain:
51.92
BATTING: THE MATCH LIST
* – Not Out; DNB – Did Not Bat; DNP – Australia did not play a second innings.
BATTING: BY OPPONENT
BATTING: BY COUNTRY
BATTING: BY YEAR
BATTING: BY POSITION
BATTING: CENTURIES
BATTING: HIGHEST PARTNERSHIPS
BATTING: DISMISSALS
HOW DISMISSED
NO.
PERCENTAGE
Bowled
37
21.0%
Caught
73
41.5%
Caught Behind
35
19.9%
LBW
19
10.8%
Stumped
8
4.5%
Run Out
4
2.3%
BOWLING
KEY STATISTICS: BOWLING
Overs:
405.5
Balls:
2435
Maidens:
62
Runs Conceded:
1184
Wickets:
31
Bowling Average:
38.19
Bowling Average as Captain:
36.20
5 Wickets in Innings:
2
Best Bowling Innings:
6/9
Economy Rate:
2.92
Strike Rate:
78.55
BOWLING: THE WICKET LIST
O – Overs bowled; M – Maidens; R – Runs conceded; W – Wickets taken; Econ – Economy rate of runs conceded.
FIELDING
KEY STATISTICS: FIELDING
Catches:
134
Catches per Match Average:
1.16
Most Caught Batsman:
DPMD Jayawardene (5)
Most Caught Country:
England (33)
Most Balls Caught Off Bowler:
MG Johnson (21)
Most Catches In:
Australia (63)
Most Catches Away:
England (20)
Most Catches (Innings):
3
Most Catches (Match):
4
CAREER RECORDS: ONE-DAY INTERNATIONALS
BATTING
KEY STATISTICS: BATTING
Matches Played:
245
Innings Played:
223
Not Outs:
44
Aggregate Runs:
7981
Highest Score:
130
50s:
58
100s:
8
Ducks:
10
Opened Batting:
21
Scoring Rate:
78.98
Batting Average:
44.58
Batting Average as Captain:
45.75
BATTING: THE SERIES LIST
* – Not Out; HS – High Score.
BATTING: BY OPPONENT
BATTING: BY COUNTRY
BATTING: BY YEAR
BATTING: BY POSITION
BATTING: CENTURIES
BATTING: HIGHEST
PARTNERSHIPS
BATTING: DISMISSALS
HOW DISMISSED
NO.
PERCENTAGE
Bowled
34
19.0%
Caught
77
43.0%
Caught Behind
29
16.2%
LBW
14
7.8%
Stumped
7
3.9%
Run Out
18
10.1%
BOWLING
KEY STATISTICS: BOWLING
Overs:
430.5
Balls:
2585
Maidens:
7
Runs Conceded:
2146
Wickets:
57
Bowling Average:
37.64
Bowling Average as Captain:
30.66
4 Wickets in Innings:
2
Best Bowling Innings:
5/35
Economy Rate:
4.98
Strike Rate:
45.30
FIELDING
KEY STATISTICS: FIELDING
Catches:
106
Catches per Match Average:
0.43
Most Caught Batsmen:
Kamran Akmal, IR Bell & EJG Morgan (3)
Most Caught Country:
England (17)
Most Balls Caught Off Bowlers:
GB Hogg & B Lee (9)
Most Catches In:
Australia (51)
Most Catches Away:
South Africa (9)
Most Catches (Innings):
4
CAREER RECORDS: TWENTY20 INTERNATIONALS
BATTING
KEY STATISTICS: BATTING
Matches Played:
34
Innings Played:
28
Not Outs:
5
Aggregate Runs:
488
Highest Score:
67
4s:
29
6s:
10
Ducks:
2
Opened Batting:
7
Scoring Rate:
103.17
Batting Average:
21.21
Batting Average as Captain:
28.38
BATTING: THE SERIES LIST
* – Not Out; HS – High Score.
MICHAEL CLARKE
Me as a bub. Dad wanted to name me John Michael, after his late father, but my parents took one look and knew I was a Michael John.
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A bat and ball, my favourite toys. I would sleep with the bat for protection. I’m a natural leftie but switched to righthanded to be like Dad.
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Holidays with my older sister Leanne. We were active kids and both loved the beach.
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A family camping trip. Mum was the organiser and disciplinarian of our house. She always looked after me. She still does!
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My first cricket team. I’m the skinny seven-year-old (middle row, right) in the Woodlands Park under-10s. I scored 17 runs in my first season, but the bigger boys only got me out once.
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Dad (far left) was my coach from the moment I could hold a bat. When he bought an indoor cricket centre it was heaven on earth for a cricket-crazy kid like me (bottom row, middle).
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My prize for making the Metropolitan South West Regional Sydney team was a green hoodie. I lived in it.
My selection in the NSW under-17s squad was a major stepping stone on the path to first-class cricket. Not long afterwards, Australian Cricket Academy coaches Rod Marsh and Wayne Phillips offered me (front row, middle) an academy scholarship.
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Beer and skittles with the Australian under- 19s side in England.
I saved up my $168 weekly pay packets from Kingsgrove Sports Store and bought this old Holden Gemini, then proudly parked it on the nature strip outside our home.
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Dad and Neil D’Costa look over my first Slazenger bat contract. I had a bigger deal than any other Australian Test player except Ricky Ponting. The money was embarrassing given I hadn’t even earned my baggy green yet.
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Date night. Kyly Boldy and I were in the same year at Westfield Sports High. We reconnected over a drink in 2007, and romance blossomed in 2010. I was going through a rough patch, and Kyly ’s warmth and compassion touched me deeply.
ALL PHOTOS COURTESY KYLY CLARKE
I married Kyly, my best friend, on 15 May 2012.
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I never took my form for granted. I’d do a two-week ‘boot camp’ with personal trainer Duncan Kerr every year. It was a great way to focus on my physical and mental preparation, particularly for the 2013 Ashes tour.
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The Daily Grind. Team Physio Alex Kountouris went above and beyond to keep me fit to Play over the years, Spending countless hours massaging, Stretching and doing strength work on my Deteriorating back.
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After Dad’s cancer battles, I valued every second of his company. We went from father and son to the greatest of friends. He was best man at my wedding.
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Hughesy, Warney, Patto and me on a high in the change rooms after the win in South Africa.
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We squared the series with a 405-run win at Lord's and celebrated in classic Australian fashion. But the high was short-lived.
KYLY CLARKE
My angel was born on 16 November 2015, five weeks premature. Kelsey Lee came into our lives at the perfect time. She melts my heart.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
I wrote this book thinking, if I was to die today, what would my daughter know about me and what I stood for?
Many people have helped me answer that question in my 35 years, and to them I give sincere thanks.
To the game of cricket – you changed my life. I’d hate to think where I’d be in this world without you. To all the boys and men who have played this great game alongside me and against me. To the coaches, umpires, scorers and helpers. And to everyone out there who threw a ball to me over the years.
To my family – Mum and Dad, you gave me everything I ever needed and were always my greatest inspiration. I only hope I can be as good a parent to my children as you were to me. To my sister, Lea – blood is thicker than water. I’m here 24/7 for you, as you have always been for me.
To Kyly – talk about a life changer! Thank you for putting up with me, for helping me chase my dream and for standing beside me – day in, day out – through the highest of highs and lowest of lows. You taught me to stop and smell the roses. What a journey it’s been so far and what a journey we still have ahead of us.
To Kelsey Lee, my angel, you melt my heart. Chase your dreams. Don’t fear failing – you learn so much by being knocked down. Get back up and take the world on. And be nice to your mother. Thank you for coming into my life at the perfect time. You have changed me for the better. I love you with all of my heart.
To my friends – you know who you are. Thanks for having my back through the tough times and for having the balls to look me in the eye and set me straight when I needed it most.
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