Why is michael clarke on leave

New to Kayo? Clarke, who struggled with chronic back issues throughout his cricket career, revealed it was preparatory training for the show that forced him to pull out. This is probably the one show I thought, there are certainly some out of the comfort zone stuff that I wanted to test myself and I was looking forward to it. My back is my back and it has been my whole career and the last thing I wanted was to wind up in a hospital bed needing surgery.

So plenty of physio treatment for now. Michael Clarke. Michael Clarke has made some sensational revelations, claiming that one of the biggest legend of Australian cricket Shane Warne smoked before taking field. Warne, who was constantly in the limelight for his affairs, became a media favorite with almost everyone talking about his on-field as well as off-field antics.

Generally, Warnie would have a smoke as he was walking onto the ground. Retired Australian cricket captain Michael Clarke has joined a host of fellow athletes on a new video messaging platform called Swysh allowing them to talk to fans directly.

Michael Clarke explains why he is part of Swysh in the video player above. To find out more about how we use cookies, please see our Cookie Guide. In his last chat with The Morning Show , Clarke spoke of how he was struggling with homeschooling Kelsey Lee with her French lessons but he said she was now back at school.