Clark brothers ready to have a Blast in a

CHRIS OSTICK LANCASHIRE’S Jordan Clark is set to go head-tohead with his brother Graham when the NatWest T20 Blast starts on Friday night.

The Red Rose begin with a trip to Durham’s Emirates Riverside, where his younger sibling has been making a name for himself.

It won’t be the first time they have played against each other, but it will be the first they have met in a first-team encounter.

Jordan got Graham out in a Second XI Trophy match in 2012. And on their pre-season tour of Dubai in 2015, the first ball Graham faced was bowled by Jordan.

“It was an outside edge and beat third-man!” recalled Jordan, 26, who insists there won’t be any special treatment for his brother on Friday.

“We seem to keep missing each other in the first team, this year being an obvious example with me out injured for the one-dayer up there.

“You’ve obviously got it in the back of your head that he’s your brother, but if you’re bowling at him, it’s just another batsman at the crease.

“I’m not going to go any harder or any less to him than I would anybody else.

“I know his strengths and what he’s good at. He’s pretty good on the short ball, so I won’t wrap it around his head first ball.

“He’s struck a bit of form of late with the red ball too.

“He obviously had a very good end to the Royal London Cup with a 90 and 100-odd. Hopefully he carries on his form. I always want him to do well. I think he works harder than any of us. He’s put in the hard yards for years. To see that rewarding him is great.

“To be fair, he got bullied when we were kids - myself and my older brother used to bat for