Former Proteas captain Dean Elgar was the standout South African performer abroad over the past week.
County Championship Division One
Dean Elgar scored 136 off 236 balls (16 fours, one six) for Essex in their draw against Hampshire.
The former Proteas captain has scored 903 runs – the fourth-most in the tournament – in 16 innings this season at an average of 60.20, with three hundreds and five fifties.
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Deano comfortably dispatches Turner for four more!
Essex 240-2 (70 overs)
? #FlyLikeAnEagle pic.twitter.com/KZUag3mX2I— Essex Cricket (@EssexCricket) August 23, 2024
Durban-born Gareth Roderick scored 63 off 154 deliveries (eight fours) in Worcestershire’s first innings, helping them to an eight-wicket victory over Kent.
A strong start from the openers displayed by this beautiful drive from Rodders! ?
Worcestershire 27/0 (6 overs) pic.twitter.com/KB5SJsog0S
— Worcestershire CCC (@WorcsCCC) August 22, 2024
County Division Two
Forty-year-old batsman Wayne Madsen scored 70 off 136 balls (10 fours) – taking his season tally past 500 – for Derbyshire in their 10-wicket victory over Glamorgan.
Madsen reaches his fifty off 88 balls, including seven fours!
DER: 147-2; Came into the seventies.#WeAreDerbyshire https://t.co/Nrg28mrBDl pic.twitter.com/VPQk2iVjGV
— Derbyshire CCC (@DerbyshireCCC) August 23, 2024
Colin Ingram continues to be one of the few positives of a poor Glamorgan campaign, scoring 53 off 100 deliveries (nine fours) in their 10-wicket defeat to Derbyshire.
– Compiled by Dylan Johnson
Photo: Harry Trump/Getty Images
