Former Australian captain Michael Clarke has been the centre of controversies in the recent weeks due to the sensational comments he made on various players that he has played along with and against in his playing days.
Despite not being one of the good players in terms of attitude, Michael Clarke has been one of the most talented cricketers from Australia in the recent times and the 35-year old has led Australia to 2015 World Cup before calling off his international career indefinitely due to his injury problems.
The 35-year old was involved in a number of on-filed spats during his playing days be it physical spat with fellow-Australian Simon Katich or against rivals like James Anderson and Andrew Flintoff.
However, the most ugliest incident he ever involved was the sleding he did to Dale Steyn when Australia played against South Africa in Capetown a couple of years ago which soared the relationship between the two as Dale Steyn has not spoke to the Australian much since then.
The greatest fast bowler of the present era, Steyn has called it as the worst sledging in his life as the argument over Philander’s dismissal decision has seen a raise in adrenaline at that moment.
Michael Clarke however apologized Dale Steyn for the incident but the South African could not get over the worst sledging he had in his life. In the recently released autobiography of Clarke, the 35-year old has once again apologized for the Proteas spearhead as he insists he has the best respect for Steyn all the time.
“I have always had the utmost respect for Dale. We were tough competitors all through our careers. In my book, I picked the best 12 I played with or against and Dale was one,” he was quoted as saying by The Advertiser.
“He was such a tough competitor I had to do whatever I could in my mind to combat what he was,” he said.