Michael Clarke

Captaining Australia to the 2015 World Cup would secure anyone's legacy, but what I respect about Michael Clarke is the breadth of his leadership. He led the side across Tests, ODIs, and the early T20 era, a sign of a captain trusted in every format rather than pigeonholed. Coming out of a sports high school in suburban Liverpool, he carried himself like someone who earned every step. The 2010 Wisden award and the 2020 Order of Australia bookend a career of real substance. I am drawn to leaders who step forward in the decisive moment, and Clarke clearly did.

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Name (English)

Michael Clarke

Name (Japanese)

マイケル・クラーク (クリケット選手)

Reading

まいける・くらーく

Born

April 2, 1981 (age 45)

Origin

Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia

Height

178 cm

Occupation

cricketer

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aries / Rooster

High school

Westfields Sports High School

Awards & achievements

• 2010 Wisden Cricketer of the Year
• 2020 Officer of the Order of Australia

• Official sitehttp://www.michaelclarke.com.au/
• Xhttps://x.com/MClarke23
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael%20Clarke%20(cricketer)
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%82%A4%E3%82%B1%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AF%E3%83%A9%E3%83%BC%E3%82%AF%20(%E3%82%AF%E3%83%AA%E3%82%B1%E3%83%83%E3%83%88%E9%81%B8%E6%89%8B)
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1428440

Tags

• New South Wales
• cricketer

Last updated

November 2, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.