Michael Clarke,the Australia captain became the 1st batsman to score 4 double centuries in a calendar year when he took a single off Imran Tahir late on the first day at the Adelaide Oval on Thursday Nov 22,2012( 2nd Test Match against South Africa) His 200 came off 226 balls and featured 35 boundaries and a six.
At close of play on Day1,Australia were 482-5 with -
Michael Clarke not out 224on Day 1.Michael Clarke got out for 230 on Day 2 and Australia were all-out for 550
- Michael Clarke Scored 259 Not out in the drawn first Test in Brisbane against South Africa in Nov 5-9, 2012
- Michael Clarke Scored 210 against India in Adelaide in Jan 22012
- Michael Clarke Scored 329 Not Out against India in Sydney in Jan 22012
Note
Donald Bradman scored 3 Test double-hundreds in England in 1930and Ricky scored 3 Test double-hundreds in 2003
Michael Clarke's 5th Test Match Century in 2012 - at MCG, Thursday Dec 27,2012
Michael Clarke's fifth test ton(scored 106 Runs in 187 Balls with 4x14) of the year 2012 enabled Australia to an imperious 278-run lead of the second test against Sri Lanka on Thursday Dec 27,2012
Scorecard at the close of day two - Thursday Dec 27,2012
Sri Lanka 156 and Australia 440/8with Mitchell Johnson 73 and Nathan Lyon 0 at the crease
Michael Clarke's fifth test ton of the year 2012, his first at the MCG and 22nd of his career, propelled him to 1,595 runs for the year(surpassed the 1,544 runs Ricky Ponting amassed in 2005 ) and fourth on the all-time list behind Mohammad Yousuf (1,788 runs), Viv Richards (1,710) and Graeme Smith (1,656).
Michael Clarke Clarke hit 106 to become Australia's highest Test runscorer in calendar year 2012 with 1595 runs at an average of 106.33.
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