Jordan Clark (cricketer)

Jordan Clark
Personal information
Full name Jordan Clark
Born 14 October 1990
Whitehaven, Cumbria, England
Height 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Batting style Right-handed
Bowling style Right-arm medium
Role Occasional wicket-keeper
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2010–present Lancashire
2007–2008 Cumberland
Career statistics
Competition List A T20
Matches 13 15
Runs scored 185 208
Batting average 30.85 26.00
100s/50s –/1 -/-
Top score 72 44
Balls bowled 168 78
Wickets 3 3
Bowling average 64.33 37.66
5 wickets in innings 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0
Best bowling 2/45 2/30
Catches/stumpings 1/– 6/–
Source: Cricinfo, 6 June 2014

Jordan Clark (born 14 October 1990) is an English cricketer. Clark is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium pace and who occasionally fields as a wicket-keeper. He was born in Whitehaven, Cumbria and was educated at Sedbergh School.[1]

Clark made his debut for Cumberland in the 2007 Minor Counties Championship against Norfolk. The following season he played two further matches in that competition, against Buckinghamshire and Cumberland.[2] Clark joined Lancashire's Academy in 2008;[3] after two years in the Academy, he was given a scholarship with Lancashire in January 2010.[4] Having represented the Lancashire Second XI in since 2008,[5] Clark made his debut for Lancashire in Lancashire's last List A match in the 2010 Clydesdale Bank 40 against Worcestershire.[6][7] He scored 32 runs before being dismissed by Jack Shantry.[8] In the winter of 2010/11 Clark suffered a stress fracture to the back.[1]

At the start of the 2011 season, Clark's scholarship was renewed[9] and, in June, he made his Twenty20 debut. He scored 19 runs from 11 balls as Lancashire tied with Derbyshire.[10] In October Clark signed his first full-time professional contract with Lancashire.[11]

On 24 April 2013 in a second XI game for Lancashire against Yorkshire at North Marine Road Ground, Scarborough, he became only the fifth player to hit six sixes off an over in a professional game, scoring the runs against left-arm spinner Gurman Randhawa.[12]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Scholarship Players 2011". Lancashire County Cricket Club. Retrieved 8 June 2011.
  2. "Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Jordan Clark". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 March 2011.
  3. "Lancs fill Academy intake". Manchester Evening News. 5 March 2009. Retrieved 3 June 2011.
  4. "Lancs sign four youngsters". Manchester Evening News. 5 January 2010. Retrieved 3 June 2011.
  5. "Teams Jordan Clark played for". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 March 2011.
  6. "List A Matches played by Jordan Clark". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 March 2011.
  7. Hardcastle, Graham (3 September 2010). "Lancashire win a thriller". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 3 June 2011.
  8. "Lancashire v Worcestershire, 2010 Clydesdale Bank 40". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 March 2011.
  9. Ostick, Chris (24 March 2011). "Gary Keedy backs plans for county game". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 3 June 2011.
  10. "Groenewald helps rescue Derbyshire tie". ESPNcricinfo. 2 June 2011. Retrieved 3 June 2011.
  11. Clark signs full-time deal, Lancashire County Cricket Club, 14 October 2011, retrieved 2 November 2011
  12. "BBC Sport – Jordan Clark: Lancashire batsman hits six sixes at Scarborough". Bbc.co.uk. 23 April 2013. Retrieved 27 April 2013.

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