Richard Clarke
AKA The Grumbler
With his arms folded, a matter-of-fact manner and sporting a physique much younger than his four decades, Joe Denly did not look like he was ending a successful 23-year association with Kent when he spoke to the Canterbury crowd at the close of play last Friday.
OK, so he was not a one-club man – the interviewer avoided mentioning Middlesex by name when discussing his couple of seasons ‘up the road’ – but it certainly felt like he was. That is why Somerset gave him a guard of honour onto the pitch and his team-mates gave hi...