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- Updated: September 20, 2016
Worcestershire 255 for 6 (Clarke 117*, Mitchell 67) v DerbyshireScorecard
Joe Clarke gave another example of his blossoming potential with a sixth first-class hundred of the season for Worcestershire on day one of the Specsavers County Championship clash with Derbyshire at New Road. Clarke celebrated his inclusion in the England Lions squad for their winter programme by moving to three figures off 200 balls with 13 fours and one six as the home side closed on 255 for 6.
The 20-year-old has maintained a level of consistency throughout his first full season of senior cricket and had already passed 1000 Championship runs for the campaign in the previous match against Sussex and Hove. He helped Worcestershire to recover from a testing start to the day against their bottom-placed opponents in which Brett D’Oliveira and Tom Fell were dismissed by Tom Milnes in the opening 12 overs after an uncontested toss.
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