DHAKA: Australian cricket team skipper Michael Clarke declared to retire from ODI (One Day International) cricket after World Cup final against New Zealand on Sunday.

Sky News Australia disseminated news in this regard on Saturday.

Michael Clarke made his first class debut for New South Wales as an eighteen-year-old in the 1999–2000 Sheffield Shield (then called the Pura Milk Cup).

He made his One Day International debut in January 2003 against England at Adelaide and his Test debut for Australia in October 2004 against India.

He was an AIS Australian Cricket Academy scholarship holder in 1999–2000. Clarke also played at an English Club Team in 2002 (Ramsbottom Cricket Club).

On 1 May 2012 Clarke made his debut in the Indian Premier League for Pune Warriors India.

In 2013 Clarke was named captain of the Sydney Thunder in Australia's Twenty20 Big Bash League.[10] Due to international commitments and injury, Clarke did not play any games for the Thunder and they went on to lose all eight games and finish bottom of the ladder.

BDST: 0910 HRS, MAR 28, 2015