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Australia captain Michael Clarke's Test career could be over if he fails with the bat during the fourth Test at Trent Bridge, Australian media said Tuesday, saying he looks 'lost' and knows the end is near. Scores of 10 and three during Australia's eight-wicket defeat by England in the third Test at Edgbaston left Clarke with a meagre series aggregate of 94 runs in six innings at an average of under 19.
With Australia 2-1 down in the five-Test series, he must step up or face the fact that he should retire, cricket writers said. "Clarke's issues extend beyond his batting," said the Sydney Morning Herald's chief sports writer Andrew Webster. "His choices as captain without hardened and experienced heads like Brad Haddin and Shane Watson next to him in the middle are being questioned like never before.
"But it's with the willow that he desperately needs to turn the beat around." Webster added that Clarke's face explained his issues more than his meagre run total. "Maybe I've known Clarke and covered his career too long. Maybe it's obvious," he said. "But his expression with each cheap dismissal is undeniable: it is a blank expression of utter bewilderment. He isn't annoyed but lost."
Clarke, 34, himself admitted that Australia have been "playing with 10 players" and Peter Lalor, cricket writer for The Australian, wrote that failure in the fourth Test in Nottingham starting Thursday "spells an almost certain end to his career". "It's on his mind and he know in his heart that the end is near but like all greats he would like to go out on top," he said.

Copyright Agence France-Presse, 2015

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