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MJ Clarke
India · Left-arm orthodox · All-rounder
MJ Clarke is an Australian cricketer whose international career spans 331 matches across Tests, ODIs and T20 Internationals. His primary format is the One-Day International, where he made 204 appearances and scored 6,988 runs at 45.67. Across all formats combined, Clarke accumulated 15,430 runs at a career batting average of 46.34, with 87 wickets adding a genuine second dimension to his game. His recent appearances in the 2015 Ashes series against England produced modest returns with the bat, but his overall record remains substantial.
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MJCLARKE
Bat Avg
46.3
Bowl Avg
36.2
2026 Season Context
Recent form
Clarke's last ten appearances, spanning March to August 2015, were all for Australia across ODIs and Tests, including seven wins. His most substantial recent innings was 74 from 72 balls against New Z
Strongest format
One-Day International — Clarke played 204 of his 331 career matches in ODIs, scoring 6,988 runs at an average of 45.67 and a strike rate of 78.18. His 52 ODI wickets at an ec
Career stats overview
107 Test · 204 ODI · 20 T20I appearances — spanning 2009 to present.
Test
107 matches
8,146
Runs scored
31
Wickets taken
Where his legacy was forged — the format that rewards patience and precision.
ODI
204 matches
6,988
Runs scored
52
Wickets taken
The middle-overs architect — a decade of white-ball consistency.
T20I
20 matches
296
Runs scored
4
Wickets taken
Brief but impactful — quality over volume in the shortest format.
Format-aware deep dive
Where he dominates
Home record
215
wickets
Average 21.4 on Indian soil — better than any active spinner of the era.
Fourth-innings force
112
wickets
A third of his Test wickets come on day five, when bowlers decide outcomes.
Lower-order resilience
38.4
batting avg
At No.7 his average beats every Indian specialist in that slot since 2015.
Elite opposition
198
wkts in 48 M
Combined record vs Australia, England, New Zealand and South Africa.
Consistency
14
five-wicket hauls
Third-most by any Indian bowler since his Test debut.
WTC presence
2
finals played
In the conversation every cycle. Central to this India red-ball side.
Career threads
Beyond the numbers
15,430 runs across three formats
Clarke accumulated 15,430 runs from 331 matches for Australia at a career batting average of 46.34. His 204 ODI appearances are the backbone of that record, with 6,988 runs at 45.67 in the 50-over format alone.
Test average nudges 49 across 107 matches
In 107 Test matches, Clarke averaged 49.37 from 8,146 runs, making it his strongest format by average. His strike rate of 55.91 reflects the measured tempo required at the highest level of the game.
Adelaide Oval is his most productive venue
Across 24 matches at Adelaide Oval, Clarke averaged 80.16 with 2,004 runs at a strike rate of 68.12. That average dwarfs his returns at every other ground in our data.
Sri Lanka the strongest head-to-head opponent
Against Sri Lanka across 40 matches, Clarke averaged 59.82 with 1,974 runs at a strike rate of 74.69. His bowling figures against them also show 12 wickets at an economy of 4.65.
87 career wickets at 36.22 with the ball
Clarke's bowling contribution across his career stands at 87 wickets from 4,738 balls, with an economy rate of 3.99 overall. In ODIs specifically, he claimed 52 wickets at an economy of 4.91.
Head-to-head
Vs opponents
Career totals broken down by the teams MJ Clarke has faced most often, heat-scaled by output.
England
- Matches
- 75
- Runs
- 3,637
- Wickets
- 5
India
- Matches
- 49
- Runs
- 2,596
- Wickets
- 28
Sri Lanka
- Matches
- 40
- Runs
- 1,974
- Wickets
- 12
South Africa
- Matches
- 39
- Runs
- 2,119
- Wickets
- 7
New Zealand
- Matches
- 37
- Runs
- 1,723
- Wickets
- 10
West Indies
- Matches
- 33
- Runs
- 1,138
- Wickets
- 16
Pakistan
- Matches
- 32
- Runs
- 1,368
- Wickets
- 5
Bangladesh
- Matches
- 11
- Runs
- 436
- Wickets
- 5
Grounds played at
Home & away grounds
The venues where MJ Clarke has turned out most often.
Sydney Cricket Ground
- Matches
- 35
- Runs
- 1,709
- Wickets
- 6
Melbourne Cricket Ground
- Matches
- 28
- Runs
- 1,151
- Wickets
- 5
Adelaide Oval
- Matches
- 24
- Runs
- 2,004
- Wickets
- 4
The Gabba, Brisbane
- Matches
- 22
- Runs
- 1,343
- Wickets
- 4
Western Australia Cricket Association Ground
- Matches
- 18
- Runs
- 579
- Wickets
- 4
Bellerive Oval
- Matches
- 12
- Runs
- 576
Lord's, London
- Matches
- 10
- Runs
- 576
- Wickets
- 1
The Oval, London
- Matches
- 8
- Runs
- 234
- Wickets
- 1
Historical aggregates derived from Cricsheet (cricsheet.org) under ODC-BY licence. 2001/02–2026 IPL seasons. Batting average uses dismissals as the denominator; bowler wickets are credited only for bowler-kind dismissals (bowled, caught, lbw, caught-and-bowled, stumped, hit wicket). Venue and opposition splits are rebuilt after every ingest from the Cricsheet archive.