To have actually outdone the batting master, as Michael Clarke did on Thursday on the Adelaide Oval ground that Bradman called home for much of his career, summoned up special plaudits.
But that is not where it stops for Clarke in this brilliant year for the Australia captain – he is also set to tackle Pakistani batsman Mohammad Yousuf’s 2006 record of most runs in a year. Yousuf over took Sir Viv Richards’ record, which had been unbroken for 30 years, during the third Test between Pakistan and West Indies in Karachi.
With three Tests – one more against South Africa and two against Sri Lanka – remaining before the end of 2012, Clarke could yet break Yousuf’s record of 1788 runs in a calendar year.
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The Australia captain’s unbeaten 224 on the opening day of the second Test against South Africa at the Adelaide Oval made him the first batsman to score four double centuries in a calendar year.
At close of play on Thursday with Australia on 482 for five, Clarke had batted for more than 43 hours and scored 1,265 runs at an average of 140.56 in 2012.
[via The Dawn ]
