AFP, Hong Kong :
Former Australia captain Michael Clarke on Friday said his body felt 15 years younger after a spell away from cricket as he prepared for a comeback at the Hong Kong T20 Blitz.
Injury-plagued Clarke said nine months without cricket and its rigorous travel, as well as a revamped diet and training regime, had given him a new lease of life as he contemplates joining the lucrative Twenty20 bandwagon.
The 35-year-old batsman played his last Twenty20 international in 2010 but he will test the waters for a stint in Australia’s Big Bash League at the four-team Hong Kong event this weekend.
Clarke, troubled by chronic back problems, retired after last year’s Ashes series but less than a year later, he will make an experimental hit-out for Kowloon Cantons.
“I’m going to play these couple of games and see how I go, see if I enjoy it and then assess after that,” he told AFP in Hong Kong.
“Right now it’s about coming here and having some fun. If I enjoy it, I’ll assess when I get home what my exact plan will be.”
Former Australia captain Michael Clarke on Friday said his body felt 15 years younger after a spell away from cricket as he prepared for a comeback at the Hong Kong T20 Blitz.
Injury-plagued Clarke said nine months without cricket and its rigorous travel, as well as a revamped diet and training regime, had given him a new lease of life as he contemplates joining the lucrative Twenty20 bandwagon.
The 35-year-old batsman played his last Twenty20 international in 2010 but he will test the waters for a stint in Australia’s Big Bash League at the four-team Hong Kong event this weekend.
Clarke, troubled by chronic back problems, retired after last year’s Ashes series but less than a year later, he will make an experimental hit-out for Kowloon Cantons.
“I’m going to play these couple of games and see how I go, see if I enjoy it and then assess after that,” he told AFP in Hong Kong.
“Right now it’s about coming here and having some fun. If I enjoy it, I’ll assess when I get home what my exact plan will be.”
