Wayne Maxwell Clark (born 19 September 1953) is a former Australian cricketer who played in 10 Test matches and two One Day Internationals between 1977 and 1979.
[2] Clark's efforts saw him receive an offer from Kerry Packer to be a part of World Series Cricket (WSC).
[3][4] He eventually turned it down, with Clark's business adviser Bert Hewitt saying a "sense of sporting patriotism and loyalty" was the overriding factor behind the decision.
The bowling attack consisted of fast bowlers Clark, Jeff Thomson, Alan Hurst and spinner Tony Mann.
[9] Clark had a strong second Test, taking 2–95 and 2–83 (Gavaskar in both innings) with useful scores with the bat of 15 and 5 not out – the latter was important as he and Thomson chased down the 12 runs to win with two wickets in hand.
[30][31] This statement and the no balling of Yardley for throwing in a tour match led to Sang Hue's appointment to umpire the 5th and final Test of the series to be withdrawn, which in turn led to anger from the West Indian public who believed Sang Hue was replaced at the Australian team's request.
At the beginning of the season English captain Mike Brearley said he expected Clark to be one of the players to give his team the most trouble.
[34] However Clark began the domestic season slowly and was replaced by Alan Hurst, Rodney Hogg and Geoff Dymock.
[37] Clark returned to the Australian team for the first Test against Pakistan, replacing the injured Trevor Laughlin.
In 2010, Clark joined Perth radio station 91.3 SportFM's 'Sports Breakfast' team alongside Corbin Middlemas, as well as continuing his expert commentary for their Sheffield Shield broadcasts.