Michael Clarke compares Buchanan to pet dog, says Symonds turned up drunk for game

The gloves are off Former Australia skipper Michael Clarke in his new book Ashes Diary 2015 has hit out at John Buchanan stating thathis pet dog could have done as good a job as the exnational coach He also hits out atsome of his former teammates like Andrew Symonds and Mathew Hayden whocriticised him after he announced his retirement during the recent Ashes seriesloss in EnglandClarke slams former Australia coach John Buchanantaunting him for never having played for his country and sayingeven my dog Jerry could have had similar successThe former captain used his Ashes Diary 2015 released earlier this week to hit out at members from Australias glory era who took a public swipe at him after he announced his international retirement in AugustThe 34yearold described the pot shots thrown at him by Hayden and Symonds as a low actrdquo and lambasted the media who had smashed him for every failure of the team in the last 13 yearsAustralian cricketers Andrew Symonds L and Michael Clarke R exchange presents at the teams Christmas party where the players and their families get together before the next cricket Test match in Melbourne 25 December 2006 Australia play England starting 26 December in the Boxing Day Test and lead 30 in the fiveTest Ashes series AFPBoth former teammates Andrew Symonds and Matthew Haydenpublicly questioned Clarkes leadership in August and Clarkehas used his book to hit backHe savaged Symonds with whom he was once close friends after the allrounder questioned Clarkes leadership styleAndrew Symonds went on TV to criticise my leadership Im 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 Its pretty rich for him to be throwing rocksThe pair were close friends at the beginning of the former Australian captains career however as Symonds behaviour deteriorated and Clarke entered the leadership ranks they quickly fell outSymonds eventually had his contract cancelled by CricketAustralia in 2009 for breaking a drinking ban while inEnglandClarke also hit back at Haydens assertions that he had refused to field at batpad early in his careerHayden claimed he heard Clarke tell Ricky Ponting hewould hand back his baggy green if he was forced to put onthe helmet and field in closeHowever Clarke says his record speaks for itselfI think Ive shown over the past 12 years how much Ivevalued representing my country and how much my 389 baggy greenmeans to me Clarke wroteIf Ricky Ponting had asked me to jump off the HarbourBridge I would have jumped I loved playing for Australiathat muchBut Clarke saved his biggest criticism for former coachBuchananMichael Clarke L carries a jerry can of water as coach John Buchanan R looks on during an outback boot camp training session in the Beerwah State Forest in August 2006 near Brisbane PicAFPI dont think John knows a thing about the baggy greencap having never worn one Clarke saidHes still living off the fact that he coached a teamthat anyone even my dog Jerry could have coached to worlddominationIn August Buchanan criticised the culture of theAustralian cricket team under Clarkes captaincyPlayers like Steve Waugh Adam Gilchrist Ricky Pontingand others really tried to make the Baggy Green culturesomething special but I could sense it was under threat andunder Michaels captaincy I can sense it has disappeared a bitand that disappointed me he told News Corp AustraliaThere were times when I felt Michael did not understandor did not want to understandClarke scored 8643 runs in 115 Tests and retired from international cricket after the fifth and final Ashes Test against England at The Oval