Teen dreams come true for Davis

When Will Davis went to bed on Wednesday night, he lay awake dreaming about claiming the Australian Test captain as his maiden first-class wicket. Some 12 hours later that dream became reality.

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The 19-year-old Derbyshire quick only found out he was making his first-class debut against the touring Australians yesterday morning, shortly ahead of the coin toss – a deliberate ploy from Derbyshire to give the teen little time to dwell on the occasion and risk being overwhelmed by it.

"I was a bit nervous," Davis told cricket.com.au after play. "I was surprised I wasn't more nervous actually.

"I haven't had much time to think about it, really. I just sort of get on with it and carry on.

"The gaffer (performance director Graeme Welch) said just enjoy it, and that's what I've tried to do."

Asked about Clarke's wicket, Davis said it "possibly just bounced a little more than expected".

"I was very happy when went into second slip," he added.

"That's what I was dreaming about last night. I'm very happy to have actually made it happen."

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Davis, who has "no clue" about his speed, having never bowled under a speed gun, said he "quite enjoyed" sending a few bouncers down at Aussie opener David Warner.

Davis, who made his England Under-19 debut on a tour to Australia earlier this year, was not only making his first-class debut, he was playing his first game in more than a month after being sidelined by injury.

"(The Australia tour) was quite testing for me and didn't go as well as I would have liked," Davis said.

"But I think I've come back quite well this season."

Davis finished as Derby's best bowler on the opening day against the Australians, taking 3-63 from 15 overs.

To the prized scalp of Clarke he added the wickets of Adam Voges – plumb lbw for 1 – and Peter Nevill – caught at point, also for 1.

Not bad for a teen who admitted he wasn't match fit and "quite sore" in his first game for nearly five weeks.

His previous match, for Derby's second XI, in mid-June, saw him bowl Glenn Maxwell for 97. It means his past four wickets for the county were a World Cup winner, the Australian Test captain, a man with more than 11,000 first-class runs and the reigning Steve Waugh Medallist.

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