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World Cup winning captain Michael Clarke inducted into Australian Hall of Fame | Cricket News

World Cup winning captain Michael Clarke inducted into Australian Hall of Fame | Cricket News

Former Australian cricketer Michael Clarke was inducted into the Australian Hall of Fame on Thursday. The 43-year-old is the 64th member to be included in the list. “To be able to sit along so many wonderful players, idols, role models growing up as a kid and looking up to is something I’m honoured by,” Clarke said. “Retirement does a lot of things to you. Through stages of watching cricket now, you miss parts. “When you play at the highest level, people talk about your international career but for me, it started at six years of age. I retired at 34 so it was my life. It’s still a part of my life,” he added. “Cricket – it’s probably so similar to life in general. You walk out and make 100 and then lift the bat, and then you walk out to field, field in slip and drop a catch second ball of the game,” the 43-year-old said. Clarke has played 115 Tests for Australia in which he scored 8643 runs at an average of 49.10, …