Worcestershire, Surrey and Kent set the early pace in T20 Blast

Joe Clarke and Gareth Batty were the stars of the show as the T20 Blast returned this weekBy Gary Naylor for the 99.94 Cricket BlogWorcestershire sit top of the North Group, courtesy of two wins and a tie at home to Nottinghamshire. Chasing 153 after Jake Libby continued his fine Championship form with an undefeated half-century and Ross Whiteley did his thing down the order, Joe Clarke and Alex Hales departed the middle leaving Notts’ remaining batsmen to accumulate 72 runs in 13 overs. I