Michael Clarke

Personal information
Full name Michael John Clarke
Born 2 April 1981 (1981-04-02) (age 29)
Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia
Nickname Pup,Clarkey
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Batting style Right-hand
Bowling style Slow left-arm orthodox
Role Batsman, Australian Twenty20 captain
International information
National side Australia
Test debut (cap 389) 6 October 2004 v India
Last Test 20 March 2010 v New Zealand
ODI debut (cap 149) 19 January 2003 v England
Last ODI 3 March 2010 v New Zealand
ODI shirt no. 23
Domestic team information
Years Team
2000 – New South Wales
2004 Hampshire
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC List A
Matches 59 173 117 237
Runs scored 4,284 5,289 8,245 7,107
Batting average 51.61 42.31 46.32 40.61
100s/50s 14/17 4/40 28/32 5/54
Top score 168 130 201* 130
Balls bowled 1,540 2,210 2,720 2,906
Wickets 19 52 30 77
Bowling average 39.73 35.78 48.10 31.12
5 wickets in innings 1 1 1 1
10 wickets in match 0 n/a 0 n/a
Best bowling 6/9 5/35 6/9 5/35
Catches/stumpings 58/– 69/– 115/– 93/–

Michael Clarke
Michael Clarke at the SCG in January 2009
Personal information
Full name Michael John Clarke
Born 2 April 1981 (1981-04-02) (age 29)
Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia
Nickname Pup,Clarkey
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Batting style Right-hand
Bowling style Slow left-arm orthodox
Role Batsman, Australian Twenty20 captain
International information
National side Australia
Test debut (cap 389) 6 October 2004 v India
Last Test 20 March 2010 v New Zealand
ODI debut (cap 149) 19 January 2003 v England
Last ODI 3 March 2010 v New Zealand
ODI shirt no. 23
Domestic team information
Years Team
2000 – New South Wales
2004 Hampshire
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC List A
Matches 59 173 117 237
Runs scored 4,284 5,289 8,245 7,107
Batting average 51.61 42.31 46.32 40.61
100s/50s 14/17 4/40 28/32 5/54
Top score 168 130 201* 130
Balls bowled 1,540 2,210 2,720 2,906
Wickets 19 52 30 77
Bowling average 39.73 35.78 48.10 31.12
5 wickets in innings 1 1 1 1
10 wickets in match 0 n/a 0 n/a
Best bowling 6/9 5/35 6/9 5/35
Catches/stumpings 58/– 69/– 115/– 93/–
Source: CricketArchive, 23 March 2010

Michael John Clarke (born 2 April 1981) is an Australian cricketer vice captain and the Twenty20 captain of the national team. Nicknamed 'Pup', he is a right-handed batsman, highly-regarded fielder and occasional left-arm orthodox spin bowler.