
Hours after Michael Clarke announced to make an international cricket comeback to help his side cope up with the ball-tampering fallout, the former Australian skipper on Sunday backed out from the news.
The right-hand batsman took to his Twitter handle to confirm the same.
He further said that he had contacted Cricket Australia CEO James Sutherland to help out the Test side following the suspensions of cricketers David Warner, Steve Smith and Cameron Bancroft.
Clarkes' comeback news was doing the rounds after a leading publication published an article hinting that he might return as Australian skipper.
"This article is out of control! Let me make very clear that I have not sent any formal offer to James Sutherland to come back and play cricket. I sent him a message as a friend offering to help Australian cricket in ANY way I could (this could mean mentoring the under 14s)," he tweeted.
Clarke retired from international cricket in 2015 after his 115th and final Test of the unsuccessful Ashes tour of England.