Australian star batsman
Micahel Clarke is the front runner to become his countries next Twenty20 Captain, Clarke has captained his country in several ODIS and Twenty20 Internationals already with a great deal of success.
Ricky Ponting announced earlier this week that he is to retire from Twenty20 Cricket a nd that has opened the door for Clarke.
Clarke has led Australia to a 3-0 lead in the current 7 match ODI series against England as Ponting was rested.
Twenty20 Cricket is one faced of the game in which Australia have failed to dominate thus far, they were beaten by India in the Semi Finals of the inaugural Twenty20 World Cup in South Africa in 2007, while this year they suffered an embarrassing 1st round exit after losing to Sri Lanka and the West Indies in the group stages.
However with Clarke at the helm Australia will be confident that they can upset the
Odds and start being a force in Twenty20 Cricket.