• Clarke adamant about keeping Oz Twenty20 captaincy

  Twenty20 skipper Michael Clarke, whose tenure comes in for review over his poor batting in the shortest version of the game, is adamant about retaining the Australian Twenty20 captaincy. Clarke has already conceded that his position...

   

• I couldn’t watch the last over, says nervous Clarke

  A nervous Australian cricket captain Michael Clarke said he couldn’t watch Mike Hussey’s heroics in the last over of the World Twenty20 championship semi-final against Pakistan at St. Lucia’s Beausejour cricket stadium on...

   

• Keeper Haddin says Clarke is the best in the business

  Australian wicketkeeper-batsman Brad Haddin has described skipper Michael Clarke as one of the best in the business in the modern era, and rubbished criticism about his form in the ongoing World Twenty20 championship in the Caribbean. Clarke...

   

• Clarke maturing into a fine captain: Warne

  Former Australian spinner Shane Warne believes Michael Clarke is turning out to be a fine captain. “At the moment he is captain of the Twenty20 side and he is a doing bloody good job,” Warne said in Brisbane, where...

   

• Clarke banks on ace openers to see him through to 20-20 finals

  Australian cricket captain Michael Clarke believes that at present he has the world’s two best openers in David Warner and Shane Watson, and hopes they can help the team reach the finals of the World Twenty20 championship. Speaking...

   

• ‘Relaxed’ Clarke insists he is focused on Australian T20 WC campaign

  Australian Twenty20 skipper Michael Clarke insists that despite the pressure of being on his first major tour as captain, he is relaxed and focused on the Twenty20 World Cup, which starts tomorrow. “It’s a great feeling. I’m...

   

• Twenty20 seriousness on par with one-day cricket, Tests: Clarke

  Australian skipper Michael Clarke has made an astonishing claim that Twenty20 cricket has the same status as one-day and Test cricket. “It’s the same – it’s exactly the same. For me, it’s as serious as a one-day match...

   

• Australia ready to replicate season’s success in T20 World Cup: Clarke

  Australian Twenty20 skipper Michael Clarke has said his squad is ready to replicate the national team’s successful season so far and win the Twenty20 World Cup in the West Indies. “I think our form over the last 12 months...

   

• Clarke reduces relationship with Bingle to cold, hard stats

  Wellington: Australian vice-captain Michael Clarke has reduced the break-up of his relationship with Lara Bingle to cold, hard business. Former captain Ian Chappell had questioned whether Clarke’s return to Australia a fortnight...