Apparently due to the illness of his fiancee's (Lara Bingle the "well where the bloody hell are you girl") father.
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EXCLUSIVE: AUSTRALIAN cricket vice-captain Michael Clarke is believed to have pulled out of the start of this month's West Indies tour for personal reasons.
Sources in the Australian team's Brisbane training camp said the star batsman had already left the camp to return to Sydney.
Victorian Brad Hodge is believed to have been added to the touring squad.
The 15-man squad is scheduled to fly out of Australia tomorrow for the three-Test tour, starting with a tour match on May 16.
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Batsman Michael Clarke to pull out of tour | The Courier-Mail