Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Ko nga whakaaro o te pakanga o te Ipu o te Ao 2019 o Ahitereiria i mua o te hinengaro o Michael Clarke i te wa i whakatau ai te rangatira ki te whakamutu i tana mahi kotahi ra. Kua whakapuaki a Clarke ko te whakataetae whakawhiti-Tasman o te Ao o te Ratapu hei whakamutunga mo ia mo te Ao Kotahi. I tae atu te 33-tau-tau ki te kati i runga i te whakatau i te wa i mohio ai kaore he tupono ka arahi tonu ia i te taha i roto i nga tau e wha. Kāore anō a Steve Smith kia whakapumautia hei kaiwhaiwhai i a Clarke. Panuku ki raro mō te ataata. Ka whakapuaki a Kapene Michael Clarke i tana reti mai i tana mahi kotahi-ra i muri i te whakamutunga o te Ipu o te Ao Kirikiti. Heoi, e tūmanakohia ana ka tupu wawe mai i te mea ko Smith te tuatoru o nga rangatira o Ahitereiria o Ahitereiria i te raumati i te wa i whara a Clarke. I kii a Clarke ehara i te mea tika ki te korero mo te tangata e tango ana, engari he mea nui kia wha nga tau ki te tarai i te taha ODI. 'I tino waimarie ahau e wha tau ki muri i whai waahi ai ahau ki te rangatira o tenei kapa kotahi-ra, a he tino pai te whakarite mo tenei Ipu o te Ao,' i kii a Clarke. 'Kei te tika te whai wāhitanga ōrite ki te rangatira o Ahitereiria e whai ake nei. He tino āwhina ki ahau te whai i taua whakariterite... ki te hanga i taku ake kapa me te whakarite i taku ake kāhua hei rangatira. Ko Clarke (L) o Ahitereiria me Brendon McCullum o Niu Tireni e whakaahua ana me te tohu o te Ipu o te Ao i te huihuinga korero a te Ipu Whakamutunga o te Ipu o te Ao 2015 i Melbourne Cricket Ground i te Rahoroi. E kōrero ana a Clarke i muri i tana hapa i te tukinga haurua whakamutunga i waenganui i Ahitereiria me Īnia i te SCG. Ka tae atu a Clarke ki tētahi huihuinga pānuitanga i mua i te whakangungu a tōna kapa mō te whutupōro o te Ipu o te Ao Kirikiti. Kua roa a Clarke e whakaaro ana mo te whakatau engari i puta tana whakaaro i muri i tana hokinga mai ki te kaainga mai i te haurua whakamutunga o te Taite i mua i a India. 'Ki taku whakaaro i hoki mai ahau ki taku whare i te 12.30, (wahine) Kei te moenga a Kyly, a koina taku korero ki a ia mo taua mea,' i kii ia. 'I korero ahau ki aku hoa kapa 10 meneti ki muri. I korerotia e au ki nga kaiwhiwhi me (te tumuaki o Cricket Australia) James Sutherland tata ki te haora i mua. 'Kāore he feaa ka taea e au te tākaro (kirikiti ODI) mō te tau e whai ake nei...
Kua whakapuakihia e te kaihautū o Ahitereiria a Michael Clarke tana mahi kotahi-ra. Ko te whiringa toa o te ao kirikiti o te Ratapu te whakamutunga o tana ao kotahi ra. Kua roa a Clarke e whakaaro ana ki taua whakatau. I whakatau ia i muri i tana hokinga mai ki te kāinga mai i te whiringa toa ki a Inia. Ko te 33-tau te pakeke ka haere tonu ki te takaro i te kirikiti Whakamatau. Ko te whakataetae o te Rātapu ka whakatauhia ko te 245 o nga ODI a Clarke, e mutu ana i tana mahi whetu i tiimata mai i te 2003 me te 7907 nga rerenga i te toharite 44.42.