Australia captain Michael Clarke: For people to question my hunger kills me... after 13 years in this team I still want to improve
for form in the first three Ashes Tests Australia Test captain Michael Clarke has vehemently denied he is contemplating retirement and insists it 'absolutely kills' him when people question his desire to continue leading the team. Michael Clarke plays a shot during a nets session at Trent Bridge ahead of the fourth Ashes Test Australia captain Clarke talks with coach Darren Lehmann as Australia bid to save the Ashes series Constantly playing through pain coupled with his failure to regain form has led to some figures within the game to suggest Clarke is slowly heading towards retirement. Clarke, who says he is not thinking about retirement, was in a buoyant mood at Tuesday's practice session Clarke claims he still has the hunger, adding that he practices his batting for two and a half hours at training 'I wouldn’t be batting for two and a half hours at training. 'To question me on my hunger kills me, it absolutely kills me, because I pride myself on trying to get better every single day.
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