“There’s a goal I haven’t achieved yet and that’s trying to help a team win the BBL and I look forward to the challenge over the next couple of years trying to help the Melbourne Stars,” Clarke was quoted as saying by cricket.com.au.
“I’m really confident. We have a fantastic team and have done for a few years now. I’m hopeful I can help contribute and bring a title to the Melbourne Stars,” he said.
Clarke is yet to play a match in the T20 Big Bash League competition due to his heavy international commitments. He retired from One-Day-International (ODI) cricket after Australia’s successful World Cup campaign and says dropping the 50-over format allows him to concentrate on T20 cricket.
“I think I showed most recently in the World Cup final that I can still play in this format. I’ve never had the opportunity to focus on the T20 format,” Australia’s 34-year-old Test skipper said.
“A big part of why I retired from international Twenty20 cricket was so that I could focus on just the two formats. For my style of play and my body, I needed to concentrate on those two formats to get the best out of myself,” Clarke concluded.
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