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Australian captain Michael Clarke today vowed to keep playing on after the Ashes series with England.As the pressure is building on Captain Clarke, who till now has scored total of 94 runs in six innings averaging around 19, talking to Australian Media said he looked "lost" and knew the end was near.
But the Right Hand Middle Order Batsman, who has scored 28 Test centuries, said he deserve the criticism as a captain but he is not going anywhere.
"The criticisms of my game at the moment are deserved and I wouldn't expect anything different, especially as the captain of the team," he said in a column for Sydney's Daily Telegraph.
"But I've heard there have been a few articles questioning me for not having that hunger inside me. I think somebody said they could 'see it in my eyes' that I was finished after this series.
"That's a complete load of rubbish."
The Sydney Morning Herald's chief sports writer Andrew Webster said on Tuesday Clarke's expression "with each cheap dismissal is undeniable: it is a blank expression of utter bewilderment. He isn't annoyed but lost".
Peter Lalor, cricket writer for The Australian, added to Clarke's woes by saying that failure in the fourth Test in Nottingham starting Thursday "spells an almost certain end to his career".
- 'Desire and will' -
Clarke said: "People can certainly have a shot at me about my performance, but they can't have a shot at me about my desire and my will to play this great game.
"To this day, I'm the first to training and the last to leave, so don't tell me that I don't have the desire and the hunger," he said.
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news courtsey- PTI
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