Cricket Australia boss James Sutherland asks Michael Clarke to 'please explain' Clarke and CA 'on different pages' Michael Clarke and Cricket Australia on a collision course over the Aussie skipper's recovery from a recurring hamstring injury, reports Chloe Saltau. UPDATED: Michael Clarke will be asked to explain to Cricket Australia boss James Sutherland the comments that have put the Australian captain on a dangerous collision course with the selectors and CA hierarchy. Clarke is expected to rule himself out of the first Test against India later on Tuesday. In doubt: Michael Clarke. Senior figures at CA believe Clarke has tried to run his own race, in defiance of the agreed plan, in an attempt to return from a recurring hamstring injury in time for the start of the series from December 4. The captain's public utterances have been at odds with those of team performance boss Pat Howard and chairman of selectors Rod Marsh, who needed to be convinced that Clarke could get through a Test without breaking down after injuring the same hamstring in the same spot three times in three months. Initially, CA wanted Clarke to prove his fitness in the Sheffield Shield game from Tuesday, but then relented and agreed to extend his fitness deadline to allow him to play in the two-day tour game against India from Friday. However Clarke confirmed at a personal sponsor's event on Monday night he would not be lining up for a CA XI in the tour game but instead wanted to play for his club side Western Suburbs. Sutherland told Fairfax Media he wanted an explanation. "I will speak to Michael and others who have been involved in the process to make sure I understand where these things have gone awry," he said. It's not really appropriate for me to go into any more detail. All I can say is I am concerned that there are some mixed messages coming out of Cricket Australia in the last 24 hours or so and I want to understand why things have fallen off the rails a bit there. CA was appalled at the elaborate game of ducks and drakes in Sydney grade cricket on Saturday, when Western Suburbs declared at 0-17 in an effort to ensure Clarke would get a bat next week, prompting Cricket NSW to launch an investigation into the club's manipulation of the match. On Monday, Clarke was named in the Test squad to face India, and Marsh said that Clarke's chances of leading his country at the Gabba were dependent on him emerging unscathed from the tour game in Adelaide. "What they have said is that he needs to start running, and if he doesn't start running by, I think, Wednesday, then I think we can safely assume that he won't be playing the Test match," Marsh said. Clarke seemingly wanted the selectors to trust him to make the right call on his fitness, taking into account that he has played 107 Tests and missed just one through injury, despite managing a chronic back injury since his teenage years and more recently battling back-related hamstring trouble. Another explanation is that Clarke simply wanted to play in any warm-up match and when physio Alex Kountouris told him he wouldn't make the tour game, he targeted the club fixture. Clarke's revised goal is likely to be the second Test in Adelaide from December 12, but CA would presumably still want him to play a warm-up game before then. The next round of Sheffield Shield starts on December 5, the day after the India series, when NSW plays Queensland in Sydney.