Clarke, who had been in near constant discussion with the officials asking about the light situation, exchanged heated views with Dar at times and appeared unhappy with how the exchange unfolded. <img alt="" src="http://images.mid-day.com/2013/aug/Umpire-Aleem-Dar.jpg" style="width: 500px; height: 478px;" /> Umpire Aleem Dar &ldquo;I can&rsquo;t remember what I said to him but I remember Aleem touching me, and I asked him politely to not touch me because if I touched him I&rsquo;d be suspended for three matches,&rdquo; said Clarke. &ldquo;I just asked the question why we haven&rsquo;t got the meter out there and it took a few overs to get it out. That&rsquo;s all I can remember, coincidentally. From my point of view I have no issue, I just know a player is not allowed to touch an umpire... but for me personally I have no issue with it.&rdquo; Clarke suggested the abandonment could have come even earlier if previous light readings had been adhered to. &ldquo;Once they took the reading, I knew it was going to be darker than what it was in Manchester (when they came off in the third Test). I knew it was going to be darker than what it was in Manchester.&rdquo;u00a0

Michael Clarke was left to reflect on a tetchy confrontation with umpire Aleem Dar after bad light stopped him becoming the first Australia captain in history to go down 4-0 in England. Chasing 227 for victory, England required 21 from four overs when Dar and Kumar Dharmasena ordered the teams off, denying a baying crowd the finale they craved

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