Michael Clarke compares former Australian coach John Bukanan with his dog

Michael Clarke has launched a scathing attack on former teammates Matthew Hayden and Andrew Symonds and slammed John Buchanan due to the criticism he received after announcing his retirements during the recent Ashes series loss in England.

Michael Clarke compares former Australian coach John  Bukanan with his dog

Andrew Symonds and Matthew Hayden publicly criticized Michael Clarke in August for his decision of retirement from all the formats of International cricket during the recent Ashes series.

Both former Australian players questioned about Clarke’s leadership and Michael replied back with the help of his “Ashes Diary 2015” released this week in which Clarke has discussed a lot of bitter words and facts about during the period all of them used to play together for Australian team.

Clarke also slammed former Australian coach John Buchanan for his statement against Clarke after the announcement of his retirement and said that even my dog too could have the same success that was achieved by the coach Buchanan with the team he found in that era.

Michael Clarke clearly gave the full credit of the victory of Australian team in the world cup and other various big tournaments during the working period of the former coach Buchanan to the players of the team and clearly stated that it were the players, who won all these titles for the Australia and there was nothing special in the coaching career of the Buchanan which lead the Australian team to all those glorious victories.

"He's still living off the fact that he coached a team that anyone, even my dog Jerry, could have coached to world domination," Clarke said in the reply of Buchanan who criticized Michael in August about the culture of the Australian team under the captaincy of Michael Clarke.

Michael criticized Buchanan for not playing a single match for Australia and said that “I don’t think John knows a thing about the baggy green cap, having never worn one.”

"Players like Steve Waugh, Adam Gilchrist, Ricky Ponting and others really tried to make the Baggy Green culture something special but I could sense it was under threat and under Michael's captaincy I can sense it has disappeared a bit and that disappointed me." There were times when I felt Michael did not understand or did not want to understand." Coach Buchanan told News Corp Australia.

He also replied to the criticism of the two former players Andrew Symonds and Mathew Hayden and stated clearly that whenever he played for Australia , he was fully dedicated for the victory of Australian team and his game was for his nation, not for his own achievements or for anybody else satisfaction.

"Andrew Symonds went on TV to criticise my leadership. I'm sorry but he is not a person to judge anyone on leadership," Clarke wrote of his former teammate. This is a guy who turned up drunk to play for his country. It's pretty rich for him to be throwing rocks."

Hayden claimed he heard Clarke tell Ricky Ponting he would "hand back (his) baggy green" if he was forced to put on the helmet and field in close.

However, Clarke replied to this in his own style and stated that his previous records tells all the facts about his game.

Michael Clarke compared former Australian coach with his dog and clearly said that he would not give any type of credit to him for the previous success of the Australian team.

"I think I have shown over the past 12 years how much i have valued representing my country and how much my 389 baggy green means to me.

"If Ricky Ponting had asked me to jump off the Harbour Bridge, I would have jumped. I loved playing for Australia that much.

"Anyone hearing this commentary - and I've had to wear this kind of talk for a very long time - would think I've been the only problem with Australian cricket for the past 13 years," Clarke wrote.

"Any time we've lost, it's apparently been because of me - my personal life, my attitude, the way I've captained," Clarke said.

Clarke further added "That's a tough rap for someone who has led this team to a World Cup victory at home, won a Test series against the best team in the world, South Africa, in South Africa won an Ashes 5-0, and in Tests has taken Australia from fifth to number one in the world."