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The Ashes 2013

Clarke's Ashes warning for batsmen

May 15, 2013: As he delivered a series of reassurances that a degenerative back condition would not hobble his forthcoming Ashes campaign, Australia's captain Michael Clarke issued a stern reminder that the tourists' promising pace battery would be rendered useless wit

Don't write off Australia just yet

May 2, 2013: Dynasties are frequently built from the depths of humiliation. A nip here, a tuck there, and Australia could pose a serious threat

Australia's quest for a leader

May 1, 2013: The most significant leadership appointment of their winter tours to England may not have been for the Ashes

Wisden 2013 - leading cricketer in the world

Michael Clarke

Apr 10, 2013: Wisden's 2013 leading cricketer in the world

Australia news

Clarke waylaid by gastro

Apr 1, 2013: Australia's captain Michael Clarke was taken by ambulance to Sutherland hospital in Sydney overnight after suffering a severe bout of gastroenteritis

Australia news

Clarke out of the IPL, saved for the Ashes

Mar 26, 2013: Michael Clarke will forsake the IPL in order take much-needed rest at home as the best remedy for back and hamstring problems

India v Australia, 4th Test, Delhi, 3rd day

Watson most culpable of substandard batting order

Mar 24, 2013: As a senior player with a good record from his previous Tests in India, much more was needed from Shane Watson in this series

Australia news

Clarke smarting from 'kick up the backside'

Mar 23, 2013: Michael Clarke returned home early from India nursing a tender back and a humbled team

You're my series bunny

Mar 22, 2013: Michael Clarke has fallen to Ravindra Jadeja five times in the current series. Here are other instances when one bowler has had the wood on a batsman over a tour

Australia in India 2012-13

Clarke almost certain to miss fourth Test in Delhi

Mar 21, 2013: Michael Clarke is almost certain to miss his first Test in Delhi due to the degenerative back injury he has sustained throughout his career

India v Australia, 4th Test, Delhi

Injury keeps Clarke from training

Mar 20, 2013: Shane Watson's chances of captaining Australia for the first time in Test cricket appear to have risen after Michael Clarke failed to train in Delhi on Wednesday

Australia in India 2012-13

Watson return creates selection headache

Mar 19, 2013: Shane Watson's return to India ahead of the fourth Test in Delhi will create a selection conundrum if the captain Michael Clarke is passed fit after suffering back pain in Mohali

India v Australia, 3rd Test, Mohali, 5th day

Australia left to find dignified departure

Mar 18, 2013: The Border-Gavaskar trophy may be lost but Australia have one more game to regain some pride. But that will be easier said than done

India v Australia, 3rd Test, Mohali, 5th day

'We believed we could win the Test' - Clarke

Mar 18, 2013: Australia's captain Michael Clarke has said that a defensive, time-wasting mindset never entered his thinking as India slowly cruised to a six-wicket victory that won them the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in Mohali

India v Australia, 3rd Test, Mohali, 5th day

Clarke uncertain for Delhi Test

Mar 18, 2013: Michael Clarke has never missed a Test match due to his ongoing back injury but faces an enormous challenge to prove his fitness over the next three days after struggling through the Mohali Test

India v Australia, 3rd Test, Mohali, 4th day

Back injury troubles Clarke again

Mar 17, 2013: Australia's miserable tour of India could become even worse with the captain Michael Clarke battling a back injury that may affect his ability to bat on the final day in Mohali

Australia's troubled tour

Clarke remains hopeful of Watson return

Mar 13, 2013: Michael Clarke has not given up hope of Shane Watson returning to India for the fourth Test in Delhi, despite the vice-captain's indications that he is considering his cricket future

Australia's troubled tour

Clarke's cultural decree

Mar 12, 2013: Without Michael Hussey and Ricky Ponting around to set a cultural example, Michael Clarke has been moved to enforce one by decree

Australia's troubled tour

'Captain and vice-captain must sort their issues out' - Pat Howard

Mar 12, 2013: Australia's vice-captain, Shane Watson, has been given a less than glowing endorsement from Cricket Australia's general manager of team performance Pat Howard, who has said Watson is "sometimes" a team player

Time Out

'Australia's batting is in strife'

Mar 12, 2013: Harsha Bhogle, Ian Chappell, and Tom Moody discuss the mid-to-long-term concerns for Australia, some of which have appeared glaringly in the defeats against India