Former skipper Michael Clarke denounces Australian gentleman's attitude

Former captain Michael Clarke warned Justin Langer's team that they would have no success if they abandoned the uncompromising and aggressive style that has become synonymous with Australian teams.

While Australian players were striving to put their actions in the field following the ballooning crisis, Clarke pulled a sign saying "we're not going to to win … by worrying about how others see them.

Clarke defended David Warner's behavior, saying that Cricket Australia should encourage the pugnacious aggression of the former vice-captain instead of trying to control her because it was about 39, an "encouragement" for him to play better.

His inflamed comments come at a time when Australia's behavior is scrutinized forever as never before and with the team in the middle of one of its poorest tracks after losing 18 of their 26 last matches. Warner and Steve Smith are not available, expectations are low for the summer.

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As part of the review of the sport, Australian players developed a pact on how they wanted to play the game. They urged the Liberals' liberated supporters to "compete with us, smile with us, continue to beat, dream with us ". Shane Warne and Michael Vaughan are among the most prominent ex-players who make fun of the promise.

The Australian team has also committed to ceremonial gestures, such as shaking hands with the opposition before the start of each series.

Clarke is not happy with the direction taken by the national team.

"Australian cricket, I think, must stop worrying about being loved and being worried about being respected," Clarke told Macquarie Sports Radio. "Play Australian cricket, whether we like it or not, it's in our blood.

"If you're trying to cope, we're going to be the most popular team in the world, we're not going to win shit, we're not going to win a game, boys and girls want to win." . "

Clarke said he liked the aggressiveness that Warner, the most outspoken of his players during his tenure as captain, brought to the team.

"It's his style, he's very straightforward in your face.What you see with David Warner, is what you get.Your greatest strength may be your greatest weakness.For me, j & r I always liked having him in the team that I was running because he had the aggression I wanted. "Saying that there was always a line, he knew it.We had several one-on-one conversations about this line that he could not ignore. "

Warner resumed his aggressive habits last summer in Ash and South Africa, where he was involved in a frightful clash with Quinton of Kock. Cricket Australia investigators later discovered that he was the architect of the ball falsification plot.

Although he did not name Smith, Clarke criticized the leadership of the former captain, saying he needed to be able to control Warner.

"There has to be someone in that direction, usually it should be your captain, who can control that," Clarke said. "If that makes the most of Warner, what I think, then you have to let it go as far as you want and then say 'rightio, back you come, pull your head in, that's it. is enough".

Clarke said Warner and the team needed his aggression.

"He brings this positive approach to the Australian cricket team.You can not ask him to do it and, on the other hand, blame him or ask him to be a crazy cat when he it's about giving it, "said Clarke.

"David Warner gives it to some guys on the court because he wants them to give it to him when he hits. It's like a turn, it makes him better."