Ashes 2013: Michael Clarke appears to be on the brink as it's all change for Australia... again
Sign up to our free sport newsletter for all the latest news on everything from cycling to boxing Sign up to our free sport email for all the latest news Sign up to our free sport email for all the latest news SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. If England complete a 4-0 series rout in the fifth Investec Test at The Oval the question that will be asked increasingly is whether the captain, Michael Clarke, will survive or wish to continue. "I've thought long and hard about what has occurred in this series as you do when you are not performing as well as you would like personally and the team is not performing. "I think you have to perform as a player and if you don't there's a chance you can be dropped," said Clarke. Yet Clarke also said that it was the senior players who had to shoulder the brunt of responsibility for failing to press the case when Australia have had the advantage in this series.
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