Clarke is a former Australian international cricketer.
Made his international cricket debut for Australia in a one-day match against England at the Adelaide Oval on 19 January 2003.
He led Australia to their 5th Cricket World Cup triumph.
Clarke made his Test debut against India at Bangalore, in October 5 to 9 2004. He succeeded on debut, scoring 151 and consequently helping Australia to victory, invoking comparisons to past Australian batsmen such as Doug Walters and Mark Waugh.