Clarke says Mckay is top pick Clint Mckay. NEWLY crowned Australian one-day player of the year Clint Mckay is rated by his captain as more important to the 50-over team than all of the younger, faster pacemen who have emerged over the past few years. Mckay, who turns 30 later this month, has taken 68 wickets at an average of 21.91 from his 39 matches. Among Australians only Dennis Lillee (70 wickets) and Brett Lee (69) have been more prolific from the same period at the start of their careers. Captain Michael Clarke described the right-armer as "a great example of one of the players I always want in this Australian team because he'll do whatever it takes for the team first and himself second." Clint certainly knows how important he is to me and the team. I've made that clear to him. He's become one of our top one-day bowlers ... no matter who's available to play, Clint, over the past 12 months, has been our first-picked one-day bowler," Clarke said. His execution, not only with the new ball but at the death, is something that not many bowlers can do. His consistency day-in day-out - into the breeze, down breeze, opening the bowling second change doesn't bother him.