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Clarke announces retirement from ODI: World Cup final is my last ODI - DownUnda - 03-28-2015
Australia's skipper's shock announcement that he will quit one-day internationals after the World Cup final against New Zealand
BREAKING NEWS: Australia captain Michael Clarke has announced the World Cup Final will be his last one-day international match, opting to retire from the 50-over game to prolong his Test career.
http://www.cricket.com.au/news/michael-clarke-retires-odi-one-day-cricket-world-cup-final-australia-new-zealand/2015-03-28
Re: Clarke announces retirement from ODI: World Cup final is my last ODI - Calypso - 03-28-2015
Wow !!! ..... I didn't see that one coming Downie. :o
Quite a surprise !!
Re: Clarke announces retirement from ODI: World Cup final is my last ODI - DownUnda - 03-28-2015
A shocker to me as well
Re: Clarke announces retirement from ODI: World Cup final is my last ODI - Calypso - 03-28-2015
Reckon Cricket Australia won't announce whom his successor is until after the WC .......... most likely it'll be Smithy. The other candidate is George Bailey, current vice-cappo
Who is VC of the Test side ? Smithy or Haddin ?
Re: Clarke announces retirement from ODI: World Cup final is my last ODI - DownUnda - 03-28-2015
Caly, this is what Pup said
George Bailey has stood in as captain during Clarke's injury-enforced ODI absences over the past 12 months, however Steve Smith is widely expected to be confirmed as Clarke's successor. After standing in for Clarke during the summer Commonwealth Bank Test series against India, the 25-year-old Smith made his 50-over captaincy debut against England in Hobart during the Carlton Mid ODI series in January and is seen as a longer-term captaincy option for Test and ODI formats. "Smithy has certainly matured as a player and a person," Clarke said. "I don't think it would be fair for me to go into who is going to be the next captain, it's not my place. It's up to the selectors."
Re: Clarke announces retirement from ODI: World Cup final is my last ODI - boquiesse - 03-28-2015
I am not surprised.
Clarke is 33 and he has these back issues which I believe are not going to go away. He has frequently been missing because of his problem.
Re: Clarke announces retirement from ODI: World Cup final is my last ODI - DownUnda - 03-28-2015
Pup's greatest ODI innings
http://www.cricket.com.au/news/australia-captain-michael-clarke-one-day-international-retire-best-innings/2015-03-28