Michael Clarke and his girlfriend take the next step in their relationship

Less than a year after they started dating, Michael Clarke and his girlfriend Arabella Sherborne have taken their relationship to the next level.

Former Australian cricket captain Michael Clarke and his girlfriend Arabella Sherborne have taken their relationship to the next level, with the couple moving in together.

Saturday Confidential can reveal the pair have moved in to Clarke’s $13 million Vaucluse home in recent months, suggesting the romance has become serious.

The former Australian Cricket Captain, 43, and his 32-year-old real estate guru partner were first linked to one another midway through last year, but have been inseparable ever since.

Michael Clarke and Arabella Sherborne at the Australian Open. Picture: Supplied

Sherborne, who has started her own executive concierge business since leaving her job as leasing executive at Scentre Group (the owner and operator of Westfield in Australia and New Zealand), boarded a flight to India yesterday to join Clarke, who is working with the Indian Premier League (IPL).

“Clarkey goes to India every year for the IPL and stays for around six weeks,” a source close to the couple told Confidential.

“Arabella will be with him this time for a couple of weeks but has to come home to Australia for her own work. It is her first time to India.”

Sherborne visited Clarke when he was in Sri Lanka commentating and was an ambassador for the Lanka Premier League there last year.

Clarke and Sherborne are ‘getting on like a house on fire’, a source said. Picture: Instagram

While Sunday Confidential revealed the pair were dating in June, they ‘hard launched’ their romance in September, when Clarke took to his Instagram Stories to share a photograph with his new squeeze.

The source said the couple are “extremely happy, best of friends, very in love and getting on like a house on fire”.

“It is nice to see Michael so relaxed and happy,” they said.

The loved-up duo will be spending their birthdays together in India, Sherborne’s being today (Saturday) and Clarke’s is on April 2.

They won’t be based in one particular city, with Clarke flying around the country working for the BCCI on what is the biggest cricket tournament in the world.

Clarke will also record a 10-part interview series with players, coaches and team owners for his podcast, Beyond 23.

Obviously 23 was his number when Clarke was a player.

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