Clarke caps homecoming with career-best 7 for 55
Surrey 42 for 0 path Somerset 269 (Davies 86, Trescothick 65, Clarke 7-55) by 227 runsAs The Oval clock ticked over to 5 o'clock, Rikki Clarke raised the ball up and led Surrey off, saluting the home crowd as they admired his career-best figures. It was a minute that both the gamer and viewers had long idea would never ever come.Lots of members at this hallowed ground have memories of Clarke emerging from Surrey's academy, spotty however teeming with an effervescent skill. His 3rd County Championship match, 15 years back, brought a superb 153 not out versus Somerset at Taunton. Include the casual catches in the slips and the speed and bounce he created from his 6ft 4in frame, and Clarke was instantly defined as a gamer of supreme pledge. It took just 10 superior matches for England to ...