First among equals: Jordan Clark, a Surrey giant in stature and as an all-rounder
24.01.26, 15:00 Updated 16.03.26, 18:25 7 Minute Read
Mark Church
Give me a blank piece of paper and ask me to write down my Surrey starting XI for County Championship cricket and the first two names are always the same.
The captain, R J Burns, is inked in, and then you might expect an O Pope, D Sibley, J Smith or B Foakes. But for me Jordan Clark would always be the one to follow the captain’s name.
On commentary I often describe him as “the first name on the team sheet after the captain”. Not the catchiest of epithets, I grant you, but it sums up his importance to Surrey and why for me he has been the best allrounder in the championship for the past four years.
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