Australia's most controversial cricket captain Michael Clarke | 60 Minutes Australia

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Whether they’re at the ground or on the couch at home, every Australian cricket fan thinks they’re an expert, and making brutal assessments about the players is all part of the sport of watching the sport. Not surprisingly, when the name Michael Clarke is mentioned everyone has an opinion. The statistics show he was one of our greatest players and captains. But while we loved him scoring runs and winning games for Australia we could never quite figure out what he was doing off the field – or why. As well, Clarke often seemed a bit too flashy for our liking, and sometimes not reverential enough about the game. As you would expect though, the man himself has a very different view. In the year since he retired from the game, Michael Clarke has had plenty of time to reflect on his career, and as Allison Langdon discovers, he now wants to set the record straight on all the headlines.

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