#2 Joe Clarke

Another bright and young prospect in the England cricket setup, Joe Clarke is a player for the ages. After a healthy amount of first-class experience in county cricket, Clarke is on the fringes of a national selection.
He made his first-class debut as a 19-year-old for Worcestershire in May 2015. Scoring tons of runs for his home county, Joe averaged almost of 40 with 12 hundreds to his name.
He has always been in the reckoning for England selection ever since youngsters Haseeb Hameed and Ben Duckett made it to the big stage. His passion and hunger to score runs keeps him in line for a probable call-up.
As a stylish middle-order batsman, Joe can be the perfect solution to England's middle-order woes and with Ashes next year, the 22-year-old would definitely aim to break the door for his inclusion in the test squad.
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