Australia’s beleaguered captain tried to be positive right to the end of this Ashes Test,but in the end he had no choice but to offer his resignationHalf past four, Friday afternoon. An edge to slip, and a catch,the start of the slow walk back to the pavilion. MJ Clarke c Bell b Wood 13. It will not be his final Test innings, since the selectors enjoy indulged his desire to lead Australia in one more Test at The Kia Oval. But it was the one that changed his intellect. The day before this Test started, and Clarke had said “I’m not retiring”. The night before it ended,he decided he was going to carry out exactly that.“I tried to be as positive as I possibly could right to the end,” he said after play. “For the team’s sake and for my sake as well. I wanted to give myself and the team every opportunity to come out and play well in this Test match.” When they failed he found, or all of a sudden,that he felt it was time to recede.
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Source: theguardian.com