If Australia had won the World Twenty20 final, an analysis of Michael Clarke’s performance in the shortest form of the game may have been avoided.
But after the two best sides in the Caribbean competition did battle in the decider, it was the old enemy, England, that won the right to celebrate after inflicting a seven-wicket defeat upon the Aussies.
Unfortunately for Clarke and the 10 other men decked out in green and gold, after an undefeated run of six matches through the group stage, Super Eight and semi-finals they fell just one victory short of a maiden World Twenty20 title, and that fact makes it just that bit tougher to gloss over the fact that as a batsman, Pup didn’t really pull his weight in the Australian side.
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