Clarke returns: defends aggressive approach as public turns off win

The sight of Michael Clarke angrily confronting umpires and Australian fieldsmen barking like dogs at batsmen left a lot of people cold and alienated from the team and its success.

Australia’s series win over South Africa was its finest achievement for years yet the reaction to the victory was surprisingly mixed and muted. Mitchell Johnson is home early from South Africa as he misses the World Twenty20 in Bangladesh.

Mar 2014