Australia cricket team captain Michael Clarke arrived home in Sydney after he was left stunned at being asked if he fears for his job as skipper.
Clarke has averaged just 27.46 in his last 16 innings and managed just two, three, 47 and five in his four digs during Australia's 2-0 series loss to Pakistan in the Middle East. But there has been no suggestion that his leadership is under threat, leaving Clarke bemused when he was grilled at Sydney Airport on Wednesday morning.
Clarke said that no he would hope that he is not worried about no longer being the man to lead the Test team, Stuff.co.nz reported.
Clarke said that Australia obviously didn't perform as well as they would have liked in this series, but added that they did pretty well to beat the number one team in the world in their own conditions, South Africa in March.
The skipper said that they did pretty well to win the Ashes 5-0, adding that he hopes he is doing the team justice as their leader, as captain. But, he also said that the selectors and the Cricket Australia board make that decision.
He said that if they think there's someone better for the job, and if they think his time is up as captain, then he is sure they would let him know. But, he added that, from his perspective, he feels like he has still got a lot to offer the team.
Clarke said that his performances over the past five years have been pretty consistent and he thinks his captaincy's been pretty consistent over that period as well, so he added that hopefully he is not judged just on two Test matches.