Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Ka reti te rangatira o Ahitereiria a Michael Clarke mai i ngā whakataetae o te ao kotahi rā whai muri i te whakataetae whakamutunga o te Ipu o te Ao i te Rātapu ki Aotearoa. Ko te 33-tau te pakeke i whakapuaki ohorere i te huihuinga korero i Melbourne i mua o te tukinga ki nga Black Caps. 'Ki taku whakaaro koinei te wa tika mo au me te kapa kirikiti o Ahitereiria,' ka korerotia e tetahi purongo i runga i te www.cricket.com.au, te putanga korero a Cricket Australia. Ka ringihia e Michael Clarke te ringaringa o te kaipuke o Aotearoa a Brendon McCullum i mua i te whakamutunga o te Rātapu. I puta te whakapuakitanga ohorere a te 33-tau-tau i te huihuinga pānui i te ata o te Rahoroi. 'Ki taku whakaaro ehara i te mea tika kia tūmanako ahau ka pai, ka hauora, ka wātea hoki mo te Ipu o te Ao e whai ake nei, no reira ki taku whakaaro koinei te wa tika.' Kua takaro a Clarke i nga 244 ODI mo tona whenua mai i tana taenga mai i te 2003, i eke 7907 i te toharite o 44.42, a ka tu hei rangatira i te wa i tu a Ricky Ponting i muri i te 2011 World Cup. 'E mohio ana ahau kua tika taku whakatau,' ka mea ia. 'Kua korerotia e ahau ki aku hoa kapa 10 meneti ki muri. I korerotia e au ki nga kaitono me (te kaiwhakahaere o Cricket Australia) James Sutherland tata ki te haora i mua. ' I muri tata mai i te whakapuakitanga a Clarke, i tukuna e te kaiwhakahaere matua o Cricket Australia a Sutherland tetahi korero e whakawhetai ana ki te kaitakaro mo tana mahi. Ko Clarke, ka haere tonu ki te tākaro i te taumata Whakamātautau, e whakaahuatia ana e tākaro ana i roto i nga kupenga i mua i te whakataetae o te Rātapu. Ko Clarke, e whakaahuahia ana me tana hoa kapa a Shane Watson, ka arahi i a Ahitereiria ki Ingarangi i te Ashes i muri mai o tenei tau. 'I whakamōhio mai a Mikaera ki a au me ōna hoa kapa i tōna whakatau i te tīmatanga o te rā,' ka pānui. 'Kei te mihi matou ki a ia mo tana mahi whakamiharo i roto i te kirikiti kotahi-ra o te ao. 'Mai i te wā i puta mai ai ia ki te ao hei tangata 21 tau te pakeke i te marama o Hānuere 2003, i whakaritea tonu ia mō ngā mea nunui. Ahakoa he ohorere tana whakatau, ka wehe atu a Michael i te kirikiti kotahi-ra i runga i ona ake tikanga, me te whai kia mutu i runga i te tino teitei, i mua i te MCG ki tonu hei rangatira ka toa i te Ipu o te Ao. He mea tino motuhake. Ahakoa te hua, ka wehe ia i te...
I whakapuakina e Michael Clarke te whakatau ohorere ki te reti i mua i te whakamutunga o te Ratapu. Kua takaro a Clarke i te 244 ODI mō Ahitereiria mai i tana tīmatanga i te tau 2003. Ko te rangatira o Ahitereiria kua eke ki te 7907 nga eke i te toharite o 44.42. Ko Clarke, 33 hei haere tonu i te taumata Whakamātautau, ā, ka ārahi i a Ahitereiria ki Ingarangi i tēnei raumati.