Clarke to play every Test, ODI and Twenty20 in next five months
By ANITuesday, October 19, 2010
MELBOURNE - Australia Test vice-captain Michael Clarke, who has put cricket first, is planning to play every single Test, ODI and Twenty20 match on Australia’s agenda for the next five months.
That includes two ODIs in India, a Twenty20 against Sri Lanka in Perth on October 31, three ODIs against Sri Lanka, five Ashes Tests after a possible two Sheffield Shield games for NSW, seven ODIs and two Twenty20s against England and then a return to the subcontinent for a maximum of nine matches at the World Cup.
Clarke may be cricket’s most eligible bachelor but he only has room in his life for one thing at the moment.
“I don’t let anything get in the way of my cricket these days. Media commitments, sponsorship commitments, my personal life, my family, my friends, that all has to wait. If I’ve got training at a certain time, I’ve got training,” FOX Sports quoted him, as saying.
Cricket Australian has rested Ricky Ponting, Mitchell Johnson and Shane Watson ahead of a gruelling summer, but Clarke is yet to receive any instructions from the board about having a break.
“I’m lucky that I’ve got so much support from family, friends, sponsors, everyone. It’s like doing an interview. I’m happy to talk but it’s last on the list. Once training is done, I’m fine. But preparing for our next match, every day, is what comes first,” he said. (ANI)
