Joe Clarke

Joe Clarke has learned to "relax and enjoy" his Lions appearances, rather than expecting an immediate elevation to the England teams

Nottinghamshire have announced the signing of England Lions batsman Joe Clarke from Worcestershire on a four-year deal

Ravi Bopara's hundred built a huge lead for Essex and it seems only weather can deny them victory

With a young-but-experienced side - including the competition's leading wicket-taker in Pat Brown - Worcestershire are hoping to break their Finals Day duck

If Jonny Bairstow plays purely as a batsman in the fourth Test it may pave the way for England to restructure their batting line-up

The victory put Worcestershire within sight of the quarter-finals but dented Derbyshire's hopes of progressing

Our snippets from the Vitality Blast include England's white-ball fixation, Gareth Batty's latest sledge and the Jofra Archer hype train

Clarke batted for over five hours to defy a Notts attack that was missing Stuart Broad, who didn't return to the field for the last two sessions

Callum Ferguson has two centuries in his first two knocks for Worcestershire and, with the help of another hundred for Joe Clarke, it kept them in the higher reaches of North Group

A double century from James Vince, an injury to Jack Leach and questions of succession planning make for a fascinating announcement on Tuesday

Joe Clarke's latest century will have alerted the new England selector Ed Smith, but would a call-up be too much, too soon?

After a challenging start to the season which has yielded 88 runs in six innings, Clarke delivered the sort of knock that will have the selectors taking note

ESPNcricinfo suggests five county players to keep an eye on

Kevin Sharp, former batting mentor to England captain, sees encouraging attributes in Worcestershire prodigy

A nasty injury to Nick Gubbins meant the South were always up against it in the chase as Lancashire duo Matt Parkinson and Saqib Mahmood impressed

England head coach backs under-fire duo to come good on the tour of New Zealand, after torrid Ashes campaign

Worcestershire have given themselves an excellent chance of securing promotion after a third successive County Championship victory

Joe Clarke sealed back-to-back centuries as he and Daryl Mitchell powered Worcestershire to the victory that lifts them into the Specsavers County Championship Division Two promotion places

Joe Clarke's century was yet more vindication of Worcestershire's excellent youth policy. But is their season in danger of unravelling?