Michael Clarke is an Australian former cricketer and captain of the Australia national cricket team. He scored centuries (100 or more runs in a single innings) in Test matches and One Day International (ODI) matches on 28 and 8 occasions respectively during his international career. He played 115 Tests and 238 ODIs for Australia, scoring 8,643 and 7,981 runs, respectively. Journalist Peter English wrote that "Clarke could do anything with the bat, but he has matured into one of the game's most professional, reliable and focussed players". He was named by Wisden as one of their Cricketers of the Year in 2010. Cricket Australia awarded him with the Allan Border Medal in 2005, 2009, 2012 and 2013.
Clarke scored a century on his Test debut against India at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore, in 2004. His highest Test score of 329 not out – the highest individual score in an innings at the Sydney Cricket Ground – came against the same team, during the 2011–12 series. As of 2015, Clarke was the only player to have scored four double centuries (200 or more runs) during a calendar year, and the third to achieve two double centuries in a series twice. He has scored Test centuries at sixteen cricket grounds, including eleven at venues outside Australia. He is fifth in the list of Test century-makers for Australia, only bettered by Ricky Ponting, Steve Waugh, Matthew Hayden and Don Bradman.
Having made his ODI debut in 2003 against England at Adelaide Oval, Clarke's first century came against Zimbabwe at the Harare Sports Club in May 2004. His highest ODI score was 130 runs against India at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, in 2007. Clarke played 34 Twenty20 International (T20I) matches, with a top score of 67, before retiring in January 2011.
Key
Symbol | Meaning |
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* | Remained not out. |
† | Man of the match |
‡ | Captained the Australia cricket team |
Balls | Balls faced |
Pos. | Position in the batting order |
Inn. | The innings of the match |
Test | The number of the Test match played in that series |
SR | Strike rate during the innings |
H/A/N | Venue was at home (Australia), away or neutral |
Date | Date the match was held, or the starting date of match for Test matches |
Lost | The match was lost by Australia. |
Won | The match was won by Australia. |
Drawn | The match was drawn. |
No result | The match was inconclusive. |
Test cricket centuries
No. | Score | Against | Pos. | Inn. | Test | Venue | H/A/N | Date | Result | Ref |
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1 | 151† | India | 6 | 1 | 1/4 | M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore | Away | 6 October 2004 | Won | |
2 | 141† | New Zealand | 6 | 2 | 1/2 | The Gabba, Brisbane | Home | 18 November 2004 | Won | |
3 | 124 | England | 6 | 2 | 2/5 | Adelaide Oval, Adelaide | Home | 1 December 2006 | Won | |
4 | 135* | England | 5 | 3 | 3/5 | WACA Ground, Perth | Home | 14 December 2006 | Won | |
5 | 145* | Sri Lanka | 5 | 1 | 1/2 | The Gabba, Brisbane | Home | 8 November 2007 | Won | |
6 | 118 | India | 5 | 2 | 4/4 | Adelaide Oval, Adelaide | Home | 24 January 2008 | Drawn | |
7 | 110 | West Indies | 5 | 1 | 2/3 | Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound | Away | 30 May 2008 | Drawn | |
8 | 112 | India | 5 | 2 | 3/4 | Feroz Shah Kotla Ground, Delhi | Away | 29 October 2008 | Drawn | |
9 | 110 | New Zealand | 5 | 2 | 2/2 | Adelaide Oval, Adelaide | Home | 28 November 2008 | Won | |
10 | 138 | South Africa | 5 | 1 | 3/3 | Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney | Home | 3 January 2009 | Won | |
11 | 136 | England | 5 | 4 | 2/5 | Lord's, London | Away | 16 July 2009 | Lost | |
12 | 103*† | England | 5 | 3 | 3/5 | Edgbaston Cricket Ground, Edgbaston | Away | 30 July 2009 | Drawn | |
13 | 166 | Pakistan | 5 | 1 | 3/3 | Bellerive Oval, Hobart | Home | 14 January 2010 | Won | |
14 | 168† | New Zealand | 5 | 1 | 1/2 | Basin Reserve, Wellington | Away | 19 March 2010 | Won | |
15 | 112‡ | Sri Lanka | 5 | 3 | 3/3 | Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo | Away | 16 September 2011 | Drawn | |
16 | 151‡ | South Africa | 5 | 1 | 1/2 | Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town | Away | 9 November 2011 | Lost | |
17 | 139‡ | New Zealand | 5 | 2 | 1/2 | The Gabba, Brisbane | Home | 1 December 2011 | Won | |
18 | 329*†‡ | India | 5 | 2 | 2/4 | Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney | Home | 3 January 2012 | Won | |
19 | 210‡ | India | 5 | 1 | 4/4 | Adelaide Oval, Adelaide | Home | 24 January 2012 | Won | |
20 | 259*†‡ | South Africa | 5 | 2 | 1/3 | The Gabba, Brisbane | Home | 9 November 2012 | Drawn | |
21 | 230‡ | South Africa | 5 | 1 | 2/3 | Adelaide Oval, Adelaide | Home | 22 November 2012 | Drawn | |
22 | 106‡ | Sri Lanka | 5 | 2 | 2/3 | Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne | Home | 26 December 2012 | Won | |
23 | 130‡ | India | 5 | 1 | 1/4 | M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai | Away | 22 February 2013 | Lost | |
24 | 187†‡ | England | 4 | 1 | 3/5 | Old Trafford, Manchester | Away | 1 August 2013 | Drawn | |
25 | 113‡ | England | 4 | 2 | 1/5 | The Gabba, Brisbane | Home | 21 November 2013 | Won | |
26 | 148‡ | England | 4 | 1 | 2/5 | Adelaide Oval, Adelaide | Home | 5 December 2013 | Won | |
27 | 161*‡ | South Africa | 4 | 1 | 3/3 | Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town | Away | 1 March 2014 | Won | |
28 | 128‡ | India | 4 | 1 | 1/4 | Adelaide Oval, Adelaide | Home | 9 December 2014 | Won |
One Day International centuries
No. | Score | Balls | Against | Pos. | Inn. | SR | Venue | H/A/N | Date | Result | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 105* | 102 | Zimbabwe | 2 | 2 | 102.94 | Harare Sports Club, Harare | Home | 29 May 2004 | Won | |
2 | 103*† | 107 | Pakistan | 1 | 2 | 96.26 | Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney | Home | 23 January 2005 | Won | |
3 | 130 | 132 | India | 4 | 1 | 98.48 | M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore | Away | 29 September 2007 | No result | |
4 | 100*‡ | 122 | Pakistan | 4 | 2 | 81.96 | Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi | Neutral | 1 May 2009 | Won | |
5 | 111*‡ | 139 | India | 3 | 1 | 79.85 | ACA-VDCA Stadium, Visakhapatnam | Away | 20 October 2010 | Lost | |
6 | 101†‡ | 111 | Bangladesh | 4 | 1 | 90.99 | Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium, Dhaka | Away | 9 April 2011 | Won | |
7 | 117‡ | 91 | Sri Lanka | 4 | 1 | 128.57 | Adelaide Oval, Adelaide | Home | 6 March 2012 | Lost | |
8 | 105†‡ | 102 | England | 4 | 1 | 102.94 | Old Trafford, Manchester | Away | 8 September 2013 | Won |
Notes
- He retired from T20I in January 2011.
- He shared the award with Ponting in 2009.
- This was the hundredth Test hosted by the Sydney Cricket Ground, and Clarke became the seventh Test captain to score a triple century (300 or more runs).
- The other two players to achieve this feat were Donald Bradman and Wally Hammond.
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