ICC code of behaviour
breaches 144–5
Iland, Professor Harry 93, 95
India 61, 189, 266
Australian cricket team tour
2003 59
2004 53, 61–8, 108, 190
2008 111–12, 215
2013 163, 176, 178, 179, 269, 278–86, 347
cricket finance 216, 223
World Cup (2011) 159
Indian cricket team 180, 252
Australia, in
2003–4 59
2007–8 124–8, 137–8
2011–12 252, 253–9, 394
2014–15 320, 330, 362–73
Indian Premier League (IPL) 182, 193, 210, 213–17, 275, 287, 395
International Quarterback 47
Inverarity, John 161, 163, 245–7, 254, 265, 266, 269, 280, 299
Irani, Ronnie 187
Ireland 218
Ireland, Corey 355
Islam, Shariful 341
Jane McGrath Day 258
Jaques, Phil 80, 232
Jayasuriya, Sanath 92
Johannesburg 239–40
Johnson, Mitchell 49, 78, 107, 125, 150, 175, 179, 181, 239, 294, 318, 387, 412–13
Ashes (2013–14) 303, 309, 310–12
India (2013) 282, 283, 294
retirement 391
South Africa (2014) 324, 327
Johnson, Tony 21, 36
Jones, Dean 221, 297
Jones, Simon 169
Kallis, Jacques 237, 275, 411–12
Kandy 234
Kasprowicz, Michael 78, 171, 190, 315
Katich, Simon ‘Kato’ 64, 65, 66, 100, 147–9, 156–64, 172, 185, 207, 232, 272–4, 344
changing room incident 150–5, 160, 164, 272, 273
Kelly, Jim 355, 364
Kent, Daniel 17, 18, 23
Kent, Melanie 23
Kerr, Duncan 257, 287, 334, 354, 378
Khan, Zaheer 66, 67, 141, 254
Khawaja, Usman ‘Uzzy’ 161–2, 239, 279, 282, 283, 348
Kingsgrove Sports Centre 45, 46
Klinger, Michael 49
Kohli, Virat 366, 373
Kountouris, Alex 179, 230, 282, 284, 289, 325–6, 332, 333, 366, 369–70, 375–9, 380, 402, 403
Kumble, Anil 64, 65, 66, 67, 125, 137, 140, 219
Landers, Kane 21
Langer, Allan ‘Alfie’ 13
Langer, Justin ‘Lang’ 57–8, 63, 79, 82, 83, 84, 90, 151, 169, 171, 185, 194, 232, 350
batting coach 235–6, 343, 347
Lara, Brian ix–xi, 5, 11, 25, 55–6, 130–2, 141, 196, 220, 257, 357, 411
Lara, Sydney 56
Law, Stuart 315
Lawry, Bill 297, 329
Laxman, V.V.S. 62, 124, 258
Le Roux, Ollie 122
Lee, Brett ‘Binga’ 50, 59, 81, 119, 124, 125, 138, 171, 187, 219, 232, 275, 310, 412
Lee, Shane 50
Lehmann, Darren ‘Boof’ 63, 64, 186, 191, 242
coach of Australia 292, 298–300, 348, 363–4, 377, 386, 407
Lilli Pilli house 200–1
Liverpool 3, 7, 10, 15, 25, 49, 68, 199
Long, Mark 21, 36
Lord’s 76, 169, 170, 171, 172–5, 178, 181, 291, 295, 296, 306, 348, 358, 361, 386, 388
Lulham, Paul ‘Uncle Chunk’ 37
Lurnea Indoor Sports Centre 20–1, 27–9, 35–6, 224
Lyon, Nathan ‘Lyono’ 107, 178, 179, 233, 252, 271, 279, 302, 307, 318–21
Ashes (2013–14) 310, 312, 314
Indian tour of Australia (2014–15) 370, 373–4
South Africa (2014) 324, 327
McCullum, Brendan 316–17, 357, 412
McDonald, Andrew ‘Ronnie’ 49, 150, 151, 154
MacGill, Stuart 50, 81, 185, 232, 241, 319
McGrath, Glenn ‘Pigeon’ 50, 59, 67, 72, 89, 90, 105, 169, 171, 181, 190, 219, 310, 414
McGrath, Jane 258
McGuire, Eddie 214
McInness, Richard 81
McLean, Ray 134
McNamara, Michael 36
Macquarie Cobras 13
Maher, Jimmy ‘Mahbo’ 60, 187
Mail, Greg 51
Marsden Public School 15, 16, 17, 38
Marsh, Geoff 249
Marsh, Mitchell 318, 369, 387, 390
Marsh, Rod 14, 47, 48, 163, 245, 287, 330–1, 364, 376–7, 397
Marsh, Shaun 49, 132, 162, 185, 233–4, 236, 277, 324, 347
Martin, Chris 72
Martyn, Damian ‘Marto’ 55, 57, 63, 70–1, 79, 82, 84, 170, 171, 187, 189, 194, 232, 343
Mascarenhas, Dimitri 168
match fixing 222–3
Matthews, Greg 319
Maxwell, Glenn 279, 321
Maxwell, Neil 270
media, negative 100, 154–6, 157–8, 191, 195, 197–8, 202–3, 210–11, 272–3
MedX machine 177, 287, 289, 331–2, 366
Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) 268, 314, 376, 382
Melbourne Stars 214
Metropolitan South West Regional Sydney cricket team 38
Michael Clarke Cricket Academy 224–5
Mirpur 231
Mohali 280, 291, 294
‘Monkeygate’ 127–8, 130, 215
Morkel, Morne 236, 237, 300, 304, 323–5
Mumbai 62, 190
Mumbai Indians 215
Muralitharan, Muttiah 219, 414
Nagpur 190
Nevill, Peter 386, 387
New South Wales cricket team 49, 50–1, 53, 77, 78, 105, 108, 157, 166, 174, 185, 341, 343, 400
New South Wales Public Schools Sports Association (NSWPSSA) cricket team 38
New Zealand
Australian tour (2010) 203–4, 206–7, 345
New Zealand cricket team (Black Caps) 252, 253
Australia, in (2004) 69–73
Australia, in (2015) 222, 316, 383
Newlands 236–9, 324, 327
nicks 67, 71, 118, 137–8, 140–3
Nielsen, Tim ‘Vinnie’ 82–3, 111, 132, 207, 231, 233, 235. 250, 336
Noffke, Ashley 78
North, Marcus 5, 172, 174, 207
Nottingham 211, 291, 375
Ntini, Makhaya 79
O’Brien, Michael 20
Old Trafford 169, 170, 178, 348
one-day international cricket 56, 59, 60, 79, 80, 121, 129, 185–9, 192, 193, 214–15, 219, 221, 269, 313, 383 see also by country
World Cup cricket see World Cup cricket
Orchard, John 403–4
The Oval 178, 183, 390, 394
Packer, James 92, 269, 272, 354
Pakistan 142
Australia, in (2009) 143, 223
Pathan, Irfan 66, 67
Pattinson, James 177, 178, 279, 282, 283, 318, 327
Philander, Vernon 236, 238
Phillips, Steve 20–1, 23, 36, 99, 342
Phillips, Wayne 48
Pietersen, Kevin 86, 141, 142, 178, 309
Pitt, Josh 21
Players CC 29, 32, 168
Pollock, Shaun 219
Ponting, Ricky ‘Punter’ 57–8, 59–60, 70, 75–6, 79, 80–3, 84, 92, 120–1, 143, 159, 161–2, 186, 187, 239, 243, 252, 343, 344, 352
Ashes
2005 169, 170
2006–7 86
2009 171, 172
Bangladesh (2012) 228–31
batsman, as 62, 103, 106, 256–7, 263, 266, 321, 410
captaincy 81–2, 103–4, 106–8, 110–15, 132–3, 160, 176, 197, 229–30, 241, 250, 251, 307, 379
India (2004) 62, 190
Indian tour of Australia (2007–8) 124–8
Indian tour of Australia (2011–12) 254–7
retirement 163, 265–7, 286, 395
South Africa (2011) 234, 236, 237, 238, 239
Twenty20 215
Popov, Victor 276
Port Elizabeth 324
Port-of-Spain 56
post-game celebrations 55, 56–7, 92–3, 117, 150–4, 243, 270–2
Pratten Park 45, 174
Price, Mark 165–7, 168, 183
Proctor, Mike 127
Pune Warriors 214, 395
Pura Cup 14, 55 see also Sheffield Shield
‘Put out our bats’ 353–4, 358
Queensland cricket team 78, 79, 315
Rajasthan Royals 106, 275
Ramsbottom CC 165–8
Ramunno, Nino 355
reading the game 316
Richards, Sir Vivian xi
Rixon, Steve ‘Stumper’ 50–1, 251
Robertson, Gavin 50
Roebuck, Peter 239
Rogers, Chris 164, 185, 303–4, 324, 348, 368
retirement 391
Root, Joe 290
St Lucia 1, 89
Samaraweera, Thilan 307–8
Sangakkara, Kumar 307, 412
Sangha, Jason 225
Sawyer, Ben 225
Schell Park 6, 7, 15, 19, 25
Scotland 218
Sehwag, Virender 66, 258
Sharma, Ishant 126, 254, 332, 368, 369
Sharma, Kunal 360–1
Sheffield Shield 14, 49–50, 54, 55, 65, 118, 329–32, 334, 337, 363, 404
Siddle, Peter ‘Sidds’ 150, 177, 178, 179, 271–2, 390
Ashes (2013–14) 310, 311, 312
Siddons, Jamie 298
Simpson, Bob 249
Singh, Harbhajan 62, 65, 125–8, 215, 219
Singh, RP 126
Singh, Yuvraj 65, 214
Slater, Michael 25, 39, 50, 71, 85, 104, 185, 196, 409–10, 411
Slazenger 194, 258, 360
sledging 173, 188–9
Smith, Daniel 342
Smith, Graeme 150, 234, 236, 239, 250, 267, 324–5
Smith, Steve ‘Smithy’ 279, 285, 300, 306, 324, 348, 369, 372, 382, 389
captaincy 391
South Africa 208, 278
Australian cricket team tour
2006 79, 122
2009 149, 156, 171, 344
2011 233, 234, 235–40
2014 299–300, 323–8
World Cup (2003) 55, 118, 138, 186, 189
South African cricket team (Proteas) 113, 180, 250
Australia, in
2008–9 150
2012 210, 261–3, 265, 267, 395
World Cup (2007) 1, 90–1
South Australian cricket team 79
Spartan 258, 360
Speed, Malcolm 227
sponsorship 76–7, 79, 192–5, 225, 258, 360
Sports & Entertainment Limited (SEL) 48
sportsmanship 33–5, 104, 138–45
Sri Lanka 160, 189
Australian cricket team tour
2004 59
2011 162, 208, 233, 347, 403
ODI Series (Australia 2003) 186
under-19 World Cup 49
Sri Lankan cricket team
Australia, in (2012–13) 268–9, 307–8, 318, 347, 395
World Cup (2007) 91–2
Starc, Mitchell 177, 178, 181, 279, 285, 316–18, 390
Stasson, Andrew 36
Stasson, Gary 35
Steyn, Dale 236–7, 238, 261, 267, 300, 304, 324, 344, 413
Styris, Scott 321
superstition 397–8
Sutherland, James 194, 227, 249, 250, 284, 288, 291–3, 297, 299, 333, 353
Sutherland CC 40
Swan, Michael 105
Swann, Graeme 175
swearing 13–14, 155
Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) 7, 14, 64, 90, 137–9, 147, 210, 225, 227, 254, 266, 330, 334–5, 356–7, 394, 411
changing room incident (2009) 150–3, 160
Sydney Thunder 214
Symonds, Andrew ‘Symmo’ 59–60, 79, 91, 92, 117–35, 174, 187, 195, 232, 243, 380
fishing incident 132–3
friendship with 93, 100, 117–24, 130–5, 247, 273–4, 275
holiday with 123–4
‘Monkeygate’ 127–8, 130, 215
partying 119–22, 134
Twenty20 215
Tait, Shaun 90
Taylor, Mark ‘Tubby’ 62, 105–6, 108, 180, 193, 197, 220, 227, 329
captaincy style 249, 297
team selection 160–2, 163, 228–9, 232, 245–7, 260, 277, 287–8, 293, 297, 306, 319, 330, 331, 345, 348, 386–7, 390–1
Tendulkar, Sachin 85, 124, 127, 215, 317, 357, 411
Australia, in (2011–12) 257, 258, 259
Test cricket 55, 56, 60, 61, 75–6, 79, 87, 135, 169, 214, 383 see also by country
day–night 222
marketing 219, 222
rankings 323–4, 327
Twenty20, and 216–17
World Test 12 409–14
Thompson, Dave 335
Thornton, Ross 355
training 25, 36, 45, 77, 79, 176, 182–3, 195, 343, 363, 398, 402, 405, 406
Trent Bridge 141, 170, 176, 177, 181, 182, 291, 295, 347, 348, 385, 388–9, 390
Trott, Jonathan 178
Twenty20 cricket 79, 99, 134, 213–20, 229, 409
batting, impact on 214–15, 220–2
financial incentives 217
Test cricket, and 216–17
umpires 138–9, 142, 144
United Arab Emirates 218
United States of America 218
Vettori, Daniel 72
vice-captaincy 103–4, 107–8, 110–15, 131, 132–5, 159, 171, 229, 240, 266
Vidarbha Cricket Association 235
Voges, Adam 49, 220
Wade, Matthew 163, 247, 260, 278, 279, 289
bowling 307–8
walking 138–9, 140–1, 143
Walsh, Courtney 219
Warne, Shane ‘Warney’ 67, 81, 105, 118, 134, 168, 171, 174, 182, 190, 193, 219, 236, 243, 289, 298, 310, 357, 389
Ashes 2006–7 86–7, 89
Bangladesh (2006) 79–80, 321
friendship with 63, 114, 191–2, 194–5, 232, 275, 304–05, 344, 381, 413
Lyon, and 319–20
tactician, as 106–7, 320, 413
Warner, David 5, 252, 279, 285, 307, 321, 347, 367, 382
Ashes (2013) 289–91, 348
Ashes (2013–14) 303–5
Indian tour of Australia (2014–15) 367, 368
South Africa (2014) 324–5, 327
Watson, Lee 284, 296
Watson, Shane ‘Watto’ 49, 60, 83, 85, 118, 119, 159, 231, 241, 302, 327, 368
all-rounder, as 274–7
Ashes (2013) 289–91, 348
Ashes (2013–14) 310, 311, 312
Ashes (2015) 387, 390
body-language 277
Hussey retirement 271–2, 274
India (2013) 278–86
injuries 268, 271, 276, 278–9, 280
ODI Series (Australia 2003) 187–8
relationship with 274–86, 287, 295–6
retirement 391
South Africa (2011) 236, 238, 239
vice-captain 278, 279, 282, 287
Waugh, Mark 50, 185, 193, 194, 220, 412
Waugh, Steve 50, 55, 62, 64, 83, 106, 108, 180, 185, 190, 193, 227, 228–9, 250, 329, 379
Webster, Andrew 154
Wessels, Kepler 73
West, Martin 111–12
West Australian Cricket Ground (WACA) 58
West Australian cricket team 185
West Indies 99, 180, 182, 208, 229
Australian cricket team tour
2003 ix, 54, 55–7, 241
2007 129
2012 260, 302, 395
2015 384–5
World Cup (2007) 1–2, 89–93, 124
West Indies cricket team
Australia, in
2005 75
2013 269
2015–16 147, 217–18
Western Suburbs A.W. Green Shield team 39–40
Western Suburbs CC (Magpies) 4, 9, 20, 29, 31, 40, 41, 45, 105, 174, 332, 333, 341, 344, 358
Western Suburbs Magpies (Wests Tigers) 13, 14
Westfield Sports High 42–3, 99
White, Cameron 132
White, Chris 47
; wickets
crumbling 61, 126, 137, 181
Gabba 69
quality of 61, 65, 180, 181–2, 219, 224, 234, 236, 262, 315, 388–9
Williamson, John 151–2, 271
Willmont, Jason 6–7
Wimbledon 219
Wood, Mark 388
Woodlands Park 6, 13, 17, 29, 30, 32
World Cup cricket 49, 83, 113, 182, 213, 218–19, 361
2003 55, 118, 138, 186, 189
2007 1–2, 89–93, 118, 124, 375
2011 159, 229
2015 180, 210, 218, 274, 316–17, 321–2, 360, 375, 376, 381–2
World Twenty20 214
Wright, Damian 49
Yadev, Umesh 255
Yogi 123
Young, Mike 60
Young, Peter 229
Younis, Waqar 219
Zimbabwe 189
Australian cricket team tour
2004 60, 192
2014 300, 306, 330
Zimbabwe cricket team
Australia, in (2003–4) 59
About Michael Clarke
MICHAEL CLARKE was born in Liverpool, in Sydney’s south-west, in 1981. He made his Test debut in 2004 versus India, scoring 151, the first of his 28 Test centuries in the baggy green. He became Australia’s 43rd Test captain in 2011 while also leading Australia’s one-day side.
Clarke is a four-time winner of the Allan Border Medal and was twice named Wisden Cricketer of the Year. After 245 ODI games and almost 8000 runs, his final innings of 74 secured Australia the 2015 World Cup.
In 2015, Clarke retired from Test cricket after 115 Tests, having scored 8643 runs at an average of 49.10 and with a win–loss–draw record of 24–16–7 as captain. He lives in Sydney with wife Kyly and daughter Kelsey Lee.
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The Ashes Diary
Michael Clarke’s fascinating and insightful diary of the 2013 Ashes series in England.
Taming the might of a resurgent English cricket team was never going to be an easy task – even before some of the off-field issues that hit Michael and the Australian team, such as the sacking of Mickey Arthur just days prior to the First Test at Trent Bridge.
The young team, filled with more talent than experience, came heartbreakingly closer to their goal than the final Test score of 3-0 indicates. Michael’s account of what was going on behind the scenes and on the field gives us a fresh, informed and intimate view of the tour – the highs, the lows and the many controversies that dogged the series.
In his role as Australian captain, Michael Clarke has introduced a very different dynamic into the traditions of captaincy. Open, inclusive and articulate, Clarke has put his own distinctive stamp on the job. Now he puts his stamp on the Captain’s Diary, giving us his unique perspective, delivered with trademark intelligence and honesty.
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