Michael Clarke Discussion thread

[Jakester1288]

Well once Ponting, Kallis, Hussey etc are gone it'll be a race between him, KP and whoever. They'll also be peaking around that time as well. It may never happen but I'd be suprised if it doesn't at some stage.

Don't see it happening in a 'few' years. Kallis, Ponting, Chanderpaul, Hayden, Yousuf and Hussey could all leave within the next 4 years, but there would still be Petersen, Sangakkara and other players coming up, who are yet to be exposed.

[Athlai]

Sean says he didn't have any.

Lady luck was his friend.

[Richard]

But he didn't actually get wrongly given n\o, dropped or missed stumped, did he?

If so, small slices of luck. Every innings will contain them to some degree.

[Athlai]

Don't see it happening in a 'few' years. Kallis, Ponting, Chanderpaul, Hayden, Yousuf and Hussey could all leave within the next 4 years, but there would still be Petersen, Sangakkara and other players coming up, who are yet to be exposed.

Thought I heard he may have been grassed at some stage on radiosport.

[dontcloseyoureyes]

Thought I heard he may have been grassed at some stage on radiosport.

Symonds was the only player dropped AFAIK.

[Athlai]

Thats what I get for playing GTA4 at the same time as listening to the cricket.

[Mister Wright]

Very useful innings from Clarke, has now done it twice in three tests. May be turning the tables.

[popepouri]

The longer he keeps Hodge out of the team, the better.

[NUFAN]

Great knock from MClarke in the first innings. He's done almost enough to convince me now.

[NUFAN]

Great knock from MClarke in the first innings. He's done almost enough to convince me now.

Clarke 50* after coming in at 3-15.

He has now officially done enough to convince me.

[Redbacks]

Clarke 50* after coming in at 3-15.

He has now officially done enough to convince me.

5 overs is a long time in cricket

[dontcloseyoureyes]

5 overs is a long time in cricket

Ind33d, just lost his partner and a few overs to tea.

"lets hits sixezzzz"

[pup11]

His knock today was a pretty good one despite him not being in the best of touch, he never looked comfortable through his innings of 62, but the good thing is he hung in there made some very important runs when it really mattered, showed the kind of maturity that one expects to see from the vice-captain and one of the more experienced players of the side, so his knocks in Brisbane, Adelaide and now Perth, probably go onto show that he has matured to realise his responsibility in this side.

[Mister Wright]

His knock today was a pretty good one despite him not being in the best of touch, he never looked comfortable through his innings of 62, but the good thing is he hung in there made some very important runs when it really mattered, showed the kind of maturity that one expects to see from the vice-captain and one of the more experienced players of the side, so his knocks in Brisbane, Adelaide and now Perth, probably go onto show that he has matured to realise his responsibility in this side.

Even though he 'hung in there' and made some very important runs. There were a few slashes outside off stump that weren't really needed. And, the way he got out was a disgrace. He has definitely improved in pressure situations, but is still not the finished product.

[vic_orthdox]

Yeah, good until his dismissal. Thought he handled a hostile spell from Morkel pretty well this morning. May not have looked "comfortable", though I'd challenge many blokes without a hook shot to look comfortable facing that stuff.