Tuesday, September 6th, 2016

Clarke And Leach Taking First Class Honours For Worcs

Clarke And Leach Taking First Class Honours For Worcs

Worcestershire duo Joe Clarke and Joe Leach are figuring prominently in the national batting and bowling averages in first class matches this summer.

Wicket-keeper-batsman Clarke has surpassed 1,000 runs with the aid of five centuries – and a 98 – and Leach has topped the 50 wicket mark with four five wicket hauls.

Twenty-year-old Clarke has to date scored 1,061 runs at an average of 46.13 in his first full season of senior cricket.

The leading run-getter in the country is Essex's Tom Westley with 1,423 which includes his 254 against Worcestershire at Chelmsford last week.

Another ex Worcestershire keeper in Surrey's Steve Davies has enjoyed a good season with the bat, amassing 1,086 runs at 43.44.

Leach is the fourth highest wicket-taker in the country with 55 first class victims.

Only Essex's Graham Napier, who is retiring at the end of the season, and the Warwickshire duo of Chris Woakes and Jeetan Patel are ahead of the 25-year-old.

Ex Worcestershire spinner Gareth Batty has weighed in with 40 wickets for Surrey.

FIRST CLASS MATCHES 2016

BATTING

Westley Matches 16, Inns 22, Not Outs 0, Runs 1423, Highest 254 Average 64.68

Jennings 14, 23, 3, 1316, 221*, 65.80

Bairstow 11, 17, 1, 1286, 246, 80.37

Cook 14 24 7 1278 142 75.17

Browne 16, 25, 3, 1174, 255, 53.36

Northeast 14, 19, 5, 1158, 191, 82.71

ME Trescothick 14, 23, 2, 1152, 218, 54.85

AN Petersen 14, 23, 1, 1131, 191, 51.40

H Hameed 14, 23, 2, 1129, 122, 53.76

RJ Burns 15, 28, 2, 1105, 122, 42.50

CD Nash 12, 20, 1, 1097, 144, 57.73

RN ten Doeschate 16, 21, 5, 1086, 145, 67.87

SM Davies 15, 26, 1, 1086, 117, 43.44

CDJ Dent 14, 25, 2, 1074, 180, 46.69

JM CLARKE 14, 24, 1, 1061, 135, 46.13

NRT Gubbins 13, 18, 1, 1047, 201* 61.58

BM Duckett 13, 21, 1, 1043, 282*, 52.15

SJ Mullaney 15, 27, 2, 1039, 165, 41.56

EC Joyce 12, 17, 1, 1035, 250, 64.68

MJ Cosgrove 13, 21, 0, 1023, 146, 48.71

WL Madsen 13, 22, 3, 1015, 163, 53.42

BOWLING

GR Napier Matches 14, Inns 25, Overs 455.3, Maidens 97, Runs 1493, Wickets 65, Average 22.96

CR Woakes 12, 20, 351.1, 85, 1052, 59, 17.83

JS Patel 14, 27, 542.0, 146, 1484, 58, 25.58

J LEACH 14, 23, 454.1, 72, 1606, 55, 29.20

JA Porter 14, 26, 442.2, 71, 1565, 54, 28.98

KHD Barker 15, 28, 481.5, 134, 1311, 52, 25.21

MJ Leach 13, 21, 449.2, 94, 1270, 47, 27.02

CJ McKay 12, 21, 340.5, 65, 1043, 46, 22.67

JM Anderson 10, 18, 334.4, 103, 765, 45, 17.00

JA Brooks 11, 18, 335.3, 88, 1149, 45, 25.53

HF Gurney 13, 23, 394.5, 68, 1250, 45, 27.77

CN Miles 11, 18, 321.3, 47, 1323, 45, 29.40

KM Jarvis 14, 23, 465.2, 107, 1463, 45, 32.51

ME Claydon 13, 20, 386.4, 75, 1466, 45, 32.57

BW Sanderson 13, 20, 333.0, 74, 1005, 44, 22.84

OP Rayner 10, 17, 342.3, 89, 879, 42, 20.92

SJ Magoffin 13, 20, 417.1, 109, 1013, 42, 24.11

G Onions 14, 23, 439.0, 80, 1381, 42, 32.88

RS Bopara 15, 26, 293.2, 63, 917, 41, 22.36

LC Norwell 11, 18, 374.5, 87, 1137, 41, 27.73

GJ Batty 15, 21, 403.1, 85, 1183, 40, 29.57