SYDNEY: Former Australian Skipper Michael Clarke who has just retired from international cricket now with drawn himself from Big Bash League deal with the Melbourne Stars and said he will take an indefinite break from the game.
The 34-year-old, one of the outstanding batsmen of his generation, retired from international cricket last month after the fifth and final Ashes Test at The Oval.
He was expected to honour a two-year contract signed in April with the Stars in Australia s domestic Twenty20 league, but he said he needed time away from cricket.
“Right now for me, I just think my body and my mind need some time away from the game of cricket… and just see what that’s like to be without it,” he told Triple M radio.
“I m really hopeful that love and passion that I’ve always had for the game will come back,” said the batsman, who scored 8,643 runs in 115 Tests.
“I’ve got a two-year deal at the moment, so hopefully it all turns out ok and I come back and play next year.
