Cricket News: Michael Clarke says “You’ll be looking for 15 years, we won’t have a captain”

Cricket News: Michael Clarke was important to Cricket Australia over the Tim Paine saga. He declared that Australia won’t be left with options to captain the side. If it looks for someone with a perfect record. Also, Paine declared his decision to resign down as captain. In 2017, he sent some sexually explicit communications to a female employee. Former players and administrators have spoken out against CA’s role in the cover-up. Back then, he was involved in the incident and afterward abandoned Paine after it got public. Clarke was convinced that Cricket Australia had let their captain down. He went on to say that the side could end up with a 15-year quest that is unsuccessful. If they want a captain who has a perfect track record in real life.

Cricket News, “Where is the backing of the player as well? You’ll be looking for 15 years (if you want a captain who hasn’t done anything wrong), we won’t have a captain,” Clarke told Big Sports Breakfast.

Moreover, Michael Clarke cited the example of Ricky Ponting. He overcame a troublesome start to his career. And to become a legendary batter and captain of immense success.

Michael Clarke

“Go back in my time even to Ricky Ponting. If that’s the case, he never would have captained Australia. He had a punch up in the middle of a Bourbon & Beefsteak. Are you not going to give him the job because of that? He’s a great example. He’s shown you how time, experience, maturity, playing at the highest level, and even the captaincy turned him around,” Clarke added.

Lastly, Clarke has captained Australia in 47 Tests, 74 One-Day Internationals, and 18 T20 Internationals. He was the team’s fifth world champion. In the 2015 International Cricket Council Men’s World Cup, which was held in Australia and New Zealand. Tim Paine became the second Australian captain in a row to have his tenure marred by controversy. In addition, CA fired his predecessor, Steve Smith. Following the sandpaper saga’s ending. In Capetown, during the third Test against South Africa in 2018.

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