You see, when you pick up the east side of the country and shake things down to California, what shakes loose are the kind of people who aren't very tethered to begin with.
Clarke was also beaten on a few occasions as the luck went against the touring side but the right-hander showed his class to shake off those indiscretions.
On this occasion, another famous son of Yorkshire, Darren Gough, was among the first to shake Ramprakash's hand - and he was applauded by all the Yorkshire side.