Michael Clarke to play for Sydney Premier cricket club Western Suburbs this summer

Former Australia captain Michael Clarke is set to return to active cricket after it was revealed that the former Australian skipper will turn out for Sydney Premier cricket club Western Suburbs this summer.

He is expected to play the opening three rounds of the competition which begins on Saturday September 24 against Mosman at Allan Border Oval. All the games will be one-day matches.

His following two matches will be against Randwick Petersham and Parramatta, with all three matches away from Western Suburbs’ home ground of Pratten Park.

The 35-year-old, veteran of 115 Tests and 245 One-Day Internationals, hasn’t ruled out a comeback to domestic cricket in the KFC Big Bash League but it seems that he has decided not to feature for his state side NSW Blues.

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“Michael has decided against returning to elite cricket with the NSW Blues,” a Cricket NSW spokesman told News Corp in June.

Clarke has been playing active cricket since retiring from international cricket has played. In the month May this year, he took part in T20 matches, for Kowloon Cantons in the Hong Kong T20 Blitz.

Clarke was signed to the Melbourne Stars for BBL 05 but eventually turned down that contract after his Ashes exit, but has said T20 cricket is his most likely avenue for a return to cricket.

“There’s parts of the game that I certainly missed, and now I’ve got an opportunity to come back and play,” Clarke said ahead of playing with Kowloon.

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“I like the fact that T20 cricket only goes for three hours. It’s something I haven’t focused on throughout my career.

“I certainly don’t have any ambition to play Test and one-day cricket, and international T20 cricket, but I think there’s probably a little desire there to come and play in tournaments like this. This will just be a sample to see if I’ve missed it as much as I thought I have.”