JACK CLEMENT
GLOUCESTER No.8
Had things worked out differently, Jack Clement might have been liningup for Gloucestershire County Cricket Club this summer. Instead, the burgeoning No.8 is looking to stamp his mark on the oval-ball game after an unexpected change of career plans.
As a talented fast bowler, Walsall-born Clement represented Gloucestershire at U14, U15 and U17 level and, after winning a scholarship to attend the prestigious Cheltenham College, had appeared set to follow in the footsteps of his hero, Freddie Flintoff.
However, life was about to take an unexpected twist.
“I ...