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Lonely at the top for Michael Clarke

Michael Clarke, the Australian captain, talks to Malcolm Conn in the Daily Telegraph about leadership, his pre-season training regimen, and the sins of the 2008 Sydney Test match against India.

Daniel Brettig
Daniel Brettig
25-Feb-2013
Michael Clarke, the Australian captain, talks to Malcolm Conn in the Daily Telegraph about leadership, his pre-season training regimen, and the sins of the 2008 Sydney Test match against India.
Players and administrators from both sides disgraced themselves and the International Cricket Council reinforced its utter incompetence when an ugly Sydney Test finished with a racial abuse hearing involving Andrew Symonds and Harbhajan Singh. Clarke was a central figure in the match and admits his behaviour contributed to its degeneration.

Daniel Brettig is an assistant editor at ESPNcricinfo. He tweets here