Kyle Abbott produced another star performance as the pick of the South Africans on the English County Championship scene this week.
The former Proteas bowler, who bagged a hat-trick against Gloucestershire last week, tore through the Yorkshire batting lineup in both innings as Hampshire won by seven wickets in Scarborough.
Abbott picked up 6-36 in the first, before claiming another four wickets for 77 runs to finish with match figures of 10-113.
ICYMI – Abbott bags 10 for Hampshire
Hashim Amla made up for a poor first-innings knock of nine with a quickfire 80* off 113 balls (12 fours) in a six-wicket win for Surrey over Warwickshire, while Simon Harmer took 2-123 and scored 26 for Essex in a draw with Somerset in Chelmsford.
Ryan Rickelton chipped in with a handy 95 and 68 for Northamptonshire, who beat Gloucestershire by two wickets in Cheltenham, where losing skipper Graeme van Buuren smashed 22 fours in a well-played 127*.
“It was an exciting game of cricket and I’m really proud of how the boys played out there”
Skipper & centurion Graeme van Buuren reflects on that two wicket defeat to Northants.#GoGlos ?? pic.twitter.com/Pi1M27JFbb
— Gloucestershire Cricket? (@Gloscricket) July 28, 2022
Paceman Dane Paterson picked up 5-43 in the first innings and 3-14 in the second as Nottinghamshire thumped Sussex by 256 runs in Nottingham.
Pieter Malan could only manage 33 for Middlesex in a stalemate with Durham in Chester-le-Street, with Leus de Plooy – who scored 38 and six – leading Derbyshire to a 98-run victory against Worcestershire.
