Thursday, September 18th, 2014

Clarke Finishes Top Of Averages And Leading Run-Scorer For Seconds

Clarke Finishes Top Of Averages And Leading Run-Scorer For Seconds

Joe Clarke finished as Worcestershire Seconds leading run-scorer and top of the batting averages in three-day and four-day matches during the 2014 season.

The England Under-19 wicket-keeper accumulated an impressive 735 runs from seven appearances at an average of 66.82.

Clarke, who recently extended his contract until the end of the 2016 season, hit 222 against MCC Young Cricketers – the highest score by a Worcestershire batsman in the Second Eleven Championship.

Brett D'Oliveira showed encouraging form with bat and ball for the Seconds.

He was second highest run-scorer with 573 at an average of 33.71 and second highest wicket-taker with 20 at 32.55 apiece.

D'Oliveira has also signed a new two year deal at New Road.

FINAL SECOND ELEVEN THREE AND FOUR-DAY AVERAGES

BATTING

Matches Inns N/O Runs Avg

JM Clarke 7 13 2 735 66.82

RK Oliver 6 9 1 500 62.50

T Kohler-Cadmore 4 5 0 298 59.60

WA MacVicar 4 7 0 376 53.71

AG Milton 5 8 3 218 43.60

FGF Wynn 2 3 1 74 37.00

GM Andrew 8 15 1 515 36.79

SH Choudhry 6 10 0 346 34.60

BL D'Oliveira 12 18 1 573 33.71

J Leach 3 6 1 166 33.20

TC Fell 3 6 0 189 31.50

EG Barnard 5 8 1 215 30.71

RA Whiteley 6 10 1 267 29.67

GH Rhodes 14 22 2 506 25.30

DR Williams 4 5 3 49 24.50

MG Pardoe 10 17 0 381 22.41

CJ Russell 8 9 3 123 20.50

A Hepburn 15 24 3 408 19.43

OM Ali 1 2 0 38 19.00

A Ghaus 3 2 0 38 19.00

BW Sanderson 2 2 0 34 17.00

J Harris 3 4 1 34 11.33

BJ Twohig 4 6 0 55 9.17

G Cessford 12 13 4 70 7.78

NL Harrison 9 10 2 47 5.88

GS Randhawa 1 2 0 11 5.50

GP Whiles 13 6 3 12 4.00

AJ Mellor 1 1 0 3 3.00

JJ Manning 1 2 0 2 1.00

TJ Lester 1 2 2 12 n/a

BOWLING

Matches Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Avg

BW Sanderson 2 50.0 16 129 8 16.13

CAJ Morris 1 17.0 5 39 2 19.50

BJ Twohig 4 50.0 11 144 7 20.57

TJ Lester 1 14.0 3 67 3 22.33

A Ghaus 3 75.4 17 249 11 22.64

RA Whiteley 6 79.0 14 289 10 28.90

DR Williams 4 70.3 6 253 8 31.63

J Leach 3 48.0 6 190 6 31.67

BL D'Oliveira 12 187.1 39 651 20 32.55

CJ Russell 8 147.5 27 563 17 33.12

G Cessford 12 243.2 47 872 24 36.33

EG Barnard 5 37.0 7 93 2 46.50

GP Whiles 13 175.2 31 772 16 48.25

NL Harrison 9 112.0 18 437 8 54.63

MG Pardoe 10 17.3 2 56 1 56.00

GH Rhodes 14 138.4 7 580 10 58.00

SH Choudhry 6 104.3 5 503 8 62.88

WA MacVicar 4 46.0 18 143 2 71.50

A Hepburn 15 9.0 1 33 0 n/a

GS Randhawa 1 15.0 3 40 0 n/a