County cricket talking points: Worcestershire down and lose Clarke

Worcestershire were relegated to Division Two – for the sixth time in 14 years – five days after winning the T20 Blast trophyBy Gary Naylor for the 99.94 Cricket BlogWorcestershire’s relegation – as much expected as their Twenty20 Cup win last week was unexpected – was sealed with an abject defeat by 2017 champions Essex. It was the Jamie Porter-Simon Harmer double act (that did so much in that glorious season) making the difference, as Porter picked up 11 wickets a