Australia’s cricket captain Michael Clarke revealed that he won’t play cricket into his late 30s due to a back problem that was diagnosed at the age of 17. Clarke was diagnosed with three degenerative discs in his back when aged 17. The 31-year-old, however, was confident that the back problem, which sidelined him during the last Australian summer and partly on the recent West Indies tour, would not curtail his playing career. “Unfortunately degeneration, it can’t improve, so it’s about now managing my condition,” said Clarke while delivering the lecture at the Mortgage and Finance Association of Australia’s annual convention. Clarke said that before retiring, he would like the team to have success. From / Gulf Today