Under-siege former Aussie cricket captain Michael Clarke’s luck could also be beginning to flip round after he revealed he was in talks for a brand new gig following studies he was set to lose his profitable commentary deal for Australia’s tour of India.
The partitions have been caving in on Clarke since his public struggle with girlfriend Jade Yarbrough over dishonest allegations in Noosa was revealed.
Since then, Clarke has been slammed for his actions, together with cursing out Today host Karl Stefanovic and, after not speaking concerning the incident on his Big Sports Breakfast radio present when he returned on Monday morning, was labelled as “cowardly” by 2GB’s Ben Fordham.
It’s now set to price Clarke a $150,000 commentary gig in India after studies over the weekend the Board for Cricket Control in India (BCCI) was reviewing its plans to incorporate the 41-year-old cricket nice in its commentary group for the highly-anticipated tour, which will get underway on February 9.
On Monday, the Sydney Morning Herald reported “multiple senior cricket sourses, who did not wish to be named in order to speak frankly”, confirmed different former gamers had been being sounded out to switch Clarke.
Clarke was as a consequence of function alongside Matthew Hayden because the Australian voice of the worldwide commentary feed.
However the BCCI is reportedly “fickle” with its appointments and has dismissed potential commentators prior to now for as little as a distinction of opinion with the board.
On Monday afternoon, The Daily Telegraphreported Clarke was set to get replaced by Test nice Mark Waugh.
However, it will not be all dangerous for Clarke as he revealed he had been sounded out for a possible commentary gig throughout the Pakistan Super League, which additionally begins February 9 and runs till March 19.
The First Test between India and Australia begins on February 9, and the tour runs till the third and last ODI on March 22.
“I’ve just been asked to commentate on the PSL, the Pakistan Premier League, and you should see the internationals they’ve got,” Clarke stated on Sky’s Big Sports Breakfast. “So many overseas players are going and playing in that tournament.”
The PSL is about to function the likes of Aussie stars together with Tim David, Andrew Tye and Matthew Wade, and worldwide stars like Rashid Khan, Alex Hales, James Vince, Harry Brook, Martin Guptill and Colin Munro amongst others alongside Pakistani stars reminiscent of Babar Azam, Haris Rauf and Shaheen Shah Afridi.
The new position would definitely soften the blow for Clarke, who had a potential sponsorship cope with a skincare model reportedly get ripped up inside hours of the footage of his altercation being revealed on Wednesday night.
However, there have been supporters of the previous Aussie skipper together with Tabcorp, who owns Sky Sports Radio, who’ve stood behind Clarke.
While Clarke was anticipated to handle his aspect of the drama on his return to breakfast radio, host Gerard Middleton moved the showcase the subject from the start of the present..
“Now of course enormous fascination into Clarkey’s life and we are just hitting this on the head straight away,” Middleton stated.
“It is a private matter that Clarkey’s obviously been dealing with, a very, very private matter which unfortunately was made public.
“There’s a lot of factors in play here and Clarkey’s made his statement last week and due to all the factors in play we are moving forward on The Big Sports Breakfast this morning.”
In an announcement issued to The Daily Telegraph final Wednesday night time, Clarke stated he accepted “full” duty for the altercation and was “shattered” by his actions.
“I’m absolutely gutted I’ve put people I hold in the highest regard in this position. My actions in the lead-up to this altercation were nothing short of shameful and regrettable,” he stated.
“I am shattered that because of my actions I’ve drawn women of class and integrity, and my mates, into this situation.
“I own this fully and am the only one at fault.”
