thoughts of australia's 2019 world cup campaign were in the forefront of michael clarke's mind when the captain decided to end his one day career clarke has announced that sunday's trans tasman world cup decider will be his final one day international the 33 year old reached closure on the decision upon realising there was no chance he'd still be leading the side in four years steve smith is yet to be confirmed as clarke's successor scroll down for video  captain michael clarke announces his retirement from his one day career after the cricket world cup final  however, that is expected to happen soon given smith became australia's third youngest test captain during summer when clarke was injured clarke suggested it wasn't fair to talk about who would takeover, but that it was important they had four years to mould the odi side 'i was very fortunate four years ago to get the opportunity to captain this one day team and that was really good preparation for this world cup,' clarke said 'the next australian captain deserves the same opportunity 'it really helped me having that preparation  to build my own team and set my own style up as a captain' clarke (l) of australia and brendon mccullum of new zealand pose with the world cup trophy during the 2015 icc cricket world cup final press conference at melbourne cricket ground on saturday  clarke reacts after missing a catch during the semi final match between australia and india at scg  clarke arrives for a press conference before his team's training session for the cricket world cup final  clarke had been thinking about the decision for some time but only made his mind up after returning home from last thursday's semi final against india 'i think i got back to my house at about 1230, (wife) kyly was in bed and that's when i spoke to her about it,' he said 'i told my teammates 10 minutes ago i told the selectors and (cricket australia boss) james sutherland about an hour ago 'there's no doubt i could keep playing (odi cricket) for the next couple of years  but i know i've made the right decision' josh hazelwood of australia celebrates with  clarke after getting the wicket of shikhar dhawan of india during the 2015 cricket world cup semi final match between australia and india at sydney cricket ground  clarke signals to his bench during the 2015 cricket world cup semi final match between australia and india  clarke will continue to play test cricket 'i'm hopeful it will prolong my test career and that's a priority for me,' he said 'i don't feel bad about saying i feel that test cricket is the toughest part of our game 'i see it as the pinnacle  i feel like i've still got a lot to offer the australian test team as captain' sutherland was full of praise for clarke, adding that his decision came as 'something of a surprise' 'michael leaves one day cricket on his own terms, aiming to finish on an absolute high, in front of a packed mcg as a possible world cup winning captain,' sutherland said 'regardless of the result, he will leave the one day international game as one our greats' sunday's title decider will be clarke's 245th odi, ending a stellar career that started in 2003 and has netted 7907 runs at an average of 4442 only ricky ponting, adam gilchrist and mark waugh have scored more odi runs for australia
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aussie skipper michael clarke has announced his one day career  sunday's cricket world cup final will be his last one day international  clarke had been thinking about the decision for some time  he made his mind up after returning home from the semi final against india  the 33 year old will continue to play test cricket  sunday's title decider will be clarke's 245th odi, ending a stellar career that started in 2003 and has netted 7907 runs at an average of 4442 