Michael Clarke

Exploding on to the scene with a century on his Test debut, Michael Clarke was Australian cricket's golden boy over the course of an outstanding eleven-year international career. The greatest batsman of a generation, Clarke scored some 8643 runs – which spurred 28 centuries – in 115 Tests. Clarke's rollercoaster four-year reign as captain was marked as much by bravery as brilliance – a 5-0 whitewash of England in 2013-14, the 2015 ICC World Cup triumph and a ten-hour unbeaten 161, batting with a broken shoulder to lead Australia back to the number one world ranking in 2014 among the many highlights.