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Saturday, March 28, 2015
Michael Clarke Set To Quit International Cricket
The captain of the Australia Cricket team, Michael Clarke has said that he will retire from international cricket, but only after Sunday's World Cup final against New Zealand, ending a 12-year limited-overs career.
"I think it's the right time for me and the Australian cricket team," the 33-year-old told reporters.
Clarke revealed that he decided to quit just 48 hours ago, having said last week he did not think he would quit.
The captain, who has appeared for Australia 244 one-day international championships, scoring 7,907 runs with his highest, 130.
"I asked myself if I thought I would be playing in the next World Cup and I don't think I will be," he said.
Michael Clarke celebrates a century during a one-day international in Bangalore in 2007
"A lot of it is giving the next captain and the team the opportunity to prepare and the selectors to work out what they feel is their best squad for the next World Cup.
"I leave the one-day team in a better place than when I took over the captaincy and it gives me my best chance to prolong my Test career."
Clarke said it was not for him to go into who should be Australia's next one-day captain, although Steve Smith has been mentioned after he took over for the last three Tests against India in Clarke's recent absence following hamstring surgery.
"Smithy has certainly matured as a player and a person," Clarke said.
"His form is because of his hard work and I am not surprised he is scoring as many runs as he is because he's training extremely hard and he's worked hard on his game.
"I don't think it would be fair for me to say who's going to be the next captain, that's not my place, that's up to the selectors.
"Smithy is certainly someone who will be spoken about."
After missing Australia's opening World Cup victory over England,Clarke has forced his way into the side, helping them to victories over Afghanistan, Sri Lanka, Scotland, Pakistan and India.
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