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Cricket playboy Michael Clarke's row with his girlfriend and famous pals has cost the former captain a lucrative $150,000 commentary gig in India.
The 41-year-old was filmed by a bystander in an explosive altercation at Noosa in Queensland while on holiday with girlfriend Jade Yarbrough, her sister Jasmine and her husband and media personality Karl Stefanovic, sending the entire country into a spin.
Australia is scheduled to play India in a four-Test series starting on February 9 and Clarke was expected to fly out to be part of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) commentary panel that would be heard on Fox Sports.
Michael Clarke and girlfriend Jade Yarbrough got into a heated row, with Clarke since losing a lucrative skin care partnership and his $150,000 commentary gig
But the notoriously image-conscious BCCI has, according to The Age, decided that the playboy's reputation doesn't suit their standards for a contract that's believed to be worth around $150,000 plus expenses.
Multiple anonymous sources told the publication that they are seeking other players to fill the spot alongside fellow Aussie cricket legend Matthew Hayden, with four Tests and three ODI matches to cover between February 9 to March 13 before the IPL then kicks off.
The game's governing body in India - easily the most powerful in the world - continues to refuse to comment on the issue but it now appears a fait accompli that Fox Sports viewers won't have to hear his much-maligned commentary.
