Jordan Clark

England

Full name Jordan Clark

Born October 14, 1990, Whitehaven, Cumbria

Current age 29 years 353 days

Major teams Cumberland, England Under-15s, Lancashire, Lancashire 2nd XI, Surrey, Surrey 2nd XI

Playing role Allrounder

Batting style Right-hand bat

Bowling style Right-arm medium-fast

Fielding position Occasional wicketkeeper

Relation Brother - D Clark, Brother - G Clark

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct
First-class	52	76	8	1892	140	27.82	3464	54.61	1	10	247	18	7
List A	51	39	8	954	79*	30.77	955	99.89	0	5	79	20	8
T20s	86	64	23	916	60	22.34	680	134.70	0	1	50	39	31

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w
First-class	52	79	5690	3394	99	5/58	7/97	34.28	3.57	57.4	3	2
List A	51	40	1452	1536	34	4/34	4/34	45.17	6.34	42.7	1	0
T20s	86	66	1020	1506	53	4/22	4/22	28.41	8.85	19.2	1	0

Career statistics

First-class debut	Lancashire v Kent at Manchester, Apr 26-29, 2015 scorecard
Last First-class	Surrey v Middlesex at The Oval, Aug 1-4, 2020 scorecard
List A debut	Lancashire v Worcestershire at Liverpool, Sep 4, 2010 scorecard
Last List A	Somerset v Surrey at Taunton, May 7, 2019 scorecard
T20s debut	Derbyshire v Lancashire at Derby, Jun 2, 2011 scorecard
Last T20s	Surrey v Essex at The Oval, Aug 29, 2019 scorecard

Recent matches

Bat & Bowl	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
0/30, 1, 7	Surrey	v Middlesex	The Oval	1 Aug 2020	FC
1/18	Qalandars	v Bangla Tiger	Abu Dhabi	24 Nov 2019	Other OD
2/20	Qalandars	v Gladiators	Abu Dhabi	23 Nov 2019	Other OD
4/20	Qalandars	v Arabians	Abu Dhabi	23 Nov 2019	Other OD
0/19, 13*	Qalandars	v Delhi Bulls	Abu Dhabi	22 Nov 2019	Other OD
0/19	Qalandars	v Gladiators	Abu Dhabi	19 Nov 2019	Other OD
1/7, 5*	Qalandars	v Arabians	Abu Dhabi	17 Nov 2019	Other OD
15	Qalandars	v Warriors	Abu Dhabi	16 Nov 2019	Other OD
1/20	Qalandars	v Abu Dhabi	Abu Dhabi	15 Nov 2019	Other OD
23*, 0/18	Surrey	v Notts	The Oval	23 Sep 2019	FC

Profile

Jordan Clark, a powerful striker and useful seam bowler, left Lancashire for Surrey at the end of the 2018 season. Clark had taken 150 wickets and scored over 5,000 runs in all formats since making his debut for Lancashire in 2010, but Surrey saw untapped potential as well as a ready-made replacement for their veteran allrounder Rikki Clarke.

Clark had displayed the potential to become a crowd favourite at Old Trafford, especially in the limited-overs formats, without ever quite pinning down that reputation. A product of Sedbergh School, he hails from Cumbria and his younger brother Graham has chosen another well-trodden route from that county by joining Durham.

In April 2013, he became the first English professional cricketer to hit six sixes in an over in a match of some repute when he did it during a Second XI Roses clash against Yorkshire at Scarborough. His victim was Gurman Randhawa, a left-arm spinner, who was regularly deposited over midwicket. There was barely a spectator to witness it, but he could claim a link with those who had pulled it off in more demanding circumstances: Sir Garfield Sobers, Ravi Shastri, Yuvraj Singh and Herschelle Gibbs. He had almost achieved a maximum a few months earlier in grade cricket in Australia when he hit the first five balls of an over for six.

Clark joined Lancashire's Academy in 2008 as only the second entrant from Cumbria, where he attended Sedbergh School. He made his first-team debut in a 40-over match in September 2010 and his hard-hitting batting style earned him several appearances in the Twenty20 side the following season after recovering from a stress fracture in the back and signed a professional contract in October 2011.

His most eye-catching bowling display came in 2014 when he took 4 for 22 in the NatWest T20 Blast quarterfinal win against Glamorgan at Old Trafford, including a triple wicket maiden, to swing the tie Lancashire's way. An increasingly regular performer in the limited-overs formats, he had still to make his Championship debut at the end of 2014.

His career-best Championship score of 84 not out had special appeal. Not only did it come against Yorkshire in the Roses match at Old Trafford, it involved a record 10th-wicket stand for Lancashire in that fixture with generations of former Lancashire players looking on. He was also one of Lancashire's more consistent batsmen in their relegation year of 2018.

His first year at Surrey was not an unqualified success, as the club endured a poor season while trying to defend their Championship title, but he chipped in with occasional performances in each format.
ESPNcricinfo staff

Jordan Clark

England

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