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Soul mates ... Michael Clarke and his wife Kyly. Source: Mitch Cameron / Fox Sports
The joy of Michael Clarke's second double century in little more than a week was magnified by the presence of his wife Kyly in the Adelaide Oval grandstand.
The Australian captain was even more demonstrative than usual, raising his bat and helmet to his excited soul mate as he went past 100 and then 200 on the opening day of the second Test against South Africa, scoring 224 not out.
"It's always special," Clarke said after play. "I know she's supporting me. That's the type of woman she is.
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"She's getting into her cricket and it's great that she can be here in Adelaide.
"It's special for everybody that has thrown their support behind me and the people that are close to you have been there through good days and bad days, whether that's on the field with cricket or off field in my personal life.
"When you perform well my dedication is certainly to my team mates first and foremost but also the people that have stood beside me through good and bad days."
Clarke has had some remarkably good days as captain, becoming the first player to go past 200 four times in a calendar year, and Kyly has been there for most of his triumphs.
"She hasn't missed too many games," said Clarke.
He claimed there was no secret to the remarkable run of sustained success.
2nd Test - Adelaide Oval
22 November 2012 - Day 1, Session 3
Australia 1st Innings
| M. Clarke | 224 | 243 | 39 | 1 | 92.18 |
| M. Hussey | 103 | 137 | 9 | 4 | 75.18 |
| D. Steyn | 17.1 | 1 | 62 | 1 | 3.61 |
"A lot of luck goes a long way, that's for sure," pointing out that South Africa captain Graeme Smith and wicket-keeper AB de Villiers had told him as much.
"AB and Graeme reminded me a few times today I had a lot of arse, there's no doubt about that, but you need it in this game," said Clarke, who said he was always going to take the game up to the South Africans.
"It's always the plan when you get on top to stay on top.
"When you grab momentum you've got to hang onto it for as long as possible.
"That's the hardest challenge in Test cricket. It goes up and down over a long period of time.
"When you've got the momentum you've got to run with it and we certainly did that today."
On all four occasions Clarke has passed 200 Australia lost three early wickets, with the score 3-55 yesterday when he came to the crease.
This has not stopped Clarke batting positively.
"Through my career that's the only way I've had success," he said.
"When you look at the innings I've made big scores it's exactly that, it's the counter attack, it's to play my natural game.
"And there's risk there.
"I remember playing England through the Australian summer a couple of years ago and I couldn't make a run.
"When you're making runs you want to cash in and that's what I tried to do."
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