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.

 

[howardj]

Very good fighting performance today, if not too aesthetically pleasing.

One of his better, and I have to say rare, rear-guard efforts.

 

[NUFAN]

From the Official Aus vs SA thread..
Clarke has just reached 3000 runs in Test Cricket today. I''ve just done a quick check to see where Clarke ranks as the quickest batsman to 3000 runs in innings played.

This is his 69th innings, the same number it took his hero Michael Slater, he's tied in 38th spot all time, a very good effort IMO.

Recent players and the number of innings they took.
V Sehwag (India) 55
ML Hayden (Aus) 61
AC Gilchrist (Aus) 63
GC Smith (SA) 63
KP Pietersen (Eng) 63
DPMD Jayawardene (SL) 65
SR Tendulkar (India) 67
R Dravid (India) 67
Yousuf Youhana (Pak) 67
KC Sangakkara (SL) 68
MJ Clarke (Aus) 69
MP Vaughan (Eng) 69
Younis Khan (Pak) 70
ME Trescothick (Eng) 74
JL Langer (Aus) 75
DR Martyn (Aus) 75
AJ Strauss (Eng) 75
RT Ponting (Aus) 77
VVS Laxman (India) 77
Inzamam-ul-Haq (Pak) 78
SC Ganguly (India) 80
AB de Villiers (SA) 80

Does everyone feel that Clarke deserves his place in elite company? IMO yes, he does.

 

[BoyBrumby]

Really surprised his average has topped 50. I'm not one to ascribe long term success to luck, but he does seem to have been rather spawny when I've seen him of late. Been put down a couple of times in his current knock and often seems to edge to where slip fielders aren't.

Has capitalised on whatever good fortune he has had tho.

 

[susudear]

Good

Good show, but the averages are going to come down as soon as he runs out of luck.

 

[Athlai]

DWTA they're going to go up because he's good enough to average 50+.