Source: www.theguardian.com - Wednesday, April 30, 2014
A year ago Michael Clarke's side were a joke so this is unlikely to be a long reign at the top of the rankings Twelve months ago not even Paul the Octopus could have predicted Australias rise to the top of the ICC rankings in Test and one-day international cricket (although seeing as he died in 2010, his predictions may not be up to much these days). After a 3-0 loss in their away Ashes series the Lehmann era was off to shaky if not totally disastrous beginning. Whats transpired since has been glorious, befuddling, joyous, and in the case of Mitchell Johnsons transcontinental reign of terror, utterly compelling. This is just reward for the Australia captain, Michael Clarke. Its hard to say how much he has left in the tank now in a physical sense, but he can at least now say that he scaled the summit as a captain. Clarke began his international career in a monotonously dominant side and then saw those fortunes slowly disintegrate in the wake of the exodus of champions. Its true to say he didnt toil as long or with such pained despondency as Allan Border, for instance, but as captain he knew well the heartbreaks that make the winning moments of these last six months ones to be cherished. Continue reading...
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A year ago Michael Clarke's side were a joke so this is unlikely to be a long reign at the top of the rankings Twelve months ago not even Paul the Octopus could have predicted Australias rise to the top of the ICC rankings in Test and one-day international cricket (although seeing as he died in 2010, his predictions may not be up to much these days). After a 3-0 loss in their away Ashes series the Lehmann era was off to shaky if not totally disastrous beginning. Whats transpired since has been glorious, befuddling, joyous, and in the case of Mitchell Johnsons transcontinental reign of terror, utterly compelling. This is just reward for the Australia captain, Michael Clarke. Its hard to say how much he has left in the tank now in a physical sense, but he can at least now say that he scaled the summit as a captain. Clarke began his international career in a monotonously dominant side and then saw those fortunes slowly disintegrate in the wake of the exodus of champions. Its true to say he didnt toil as long or with such pained despondency as Allan Border, for instance, but as captain he knew well the heartbreaks that make the winning moments of these last six months ones to be cherished. Continue reading...
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