After being around New Zealand’s squads across formats during the home summer, seam-bowling allrounder Kristian Clarke is in line for a potential international debut, away from home. A tall bowler who can hit the deck and also give it a whack with the bat lower down the order, Clarke is regarded as an allrounder with a high ceiling in New Zealand cricket. In the first chunk of the one-day Ford Trophy, Clarke clattered his maiden List A century against a Central Districts attack, which included Lennox and Ajaz Patel, and followed it with a three-wicket haul. His family – his parents and his partner – have planned to travel to India for Clarke’s potential debut and watch him go up against Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma.
