• Saffas Abroad: Bedingham can’t stop scoring

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    David Bedingham, Dean Elgar and Migael Pretorius were the star South African performers in England’s County Championship and T20 Blast this past week.

    County Championship Division One

    David Bedingham passed 50 for the fifth consecutive innings this season, with a knock of 65 off 72 deliveries (nine fours) for Durham against Essex.

    The Proteas batsman remains the top run-scorer in the competition with 909 in 13 innings at an average of 75.75.

    Also in Durham’s first innings, Colin Ackermann struck 73 off 104 balls (11 fours and one six).

    Former Proteas spinner Simon Harmer dominated with the ball in both innings for Essex, taking 4-188 and 4-75.

    Ex-Proteas Test captain Dean Elgar scored 40 runs off 65 balls (seven fours) in Essex’s first innings of the match and followed it up with 120 off 232 deliveries (13 fours) to help his side hang on for a draw.

    Meanwhile,ย Migael Pretoriusย struck with both bat and ball in Nottinghamshire’s draw with Somerset, following up a first-innings spell of 4-96 with 95* off just 71 deliveries (eight fours, six sixes).

    Gareth Roderick, who was born in Durban and played first-class cricket for KwaZulu-Natal, scored 63 runs off 140 balls (eight fours) in Surrey’s crushing innings-and-five-run victory over Worcestershire.

    County Championship Division Two

    Joburg-born Ricardo Vasconcelos fell one run short of what would have been a well-deserved century in a tightly-contested draw between Northamptonshire and Glamorgan. He faced 173 deliveries and struck 12 fours.

    T20 Blast

    Dean Elgar scored his third fifty for Essex in this season’s Blast โ€“ 60 off 44 balls (seven fours and one six) โ€“ in an eight-wicket victory over Hampshire.

    Northamptonshire’s Matthew Breetzke hit a quick-fire 47 off 26 balls (six fours and one six) in a nail-biting tied match against Leicestershire.

    Wayne Madsen struck 40 off 35 deliveries (three fours and one six) in Derbyshire’s eight-run loss to Nottinghamshire, andย also took a superb catch to dismiss Tom Moores.

    โ€“ Compiled by Dylan Johnson

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