• Saffas Abroad: Rilee rocks in MLC, Harmer hits 400

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    Rilee Rossouw‘s powerful striking in Major League Cricket and Simon Harmer‘s 400th first-class wicket in Essex colours were the standout performances over the past week.

    Major League Cricket

    Rossouw scored 41 off 30 balls (four sixes) for the LA Knight Riders while the Washington Freedom’s Marco Jansen bagged two wickets for 29 runs. Andries Gous‘ quick-fire 40 off 15 deliveries (five fours, two sixes) and Obus Pienaar‘s unbeaten 26 off 17 (four fours) then steered Washington to a six-wicket victory.

    Wayne Parnell, Quinton de Kock and Heinrich Klaasen led the charge for the Seattle Orcas in their eight-wicket victory against the Texas Super Kings.

    Parnell returned fantastic figures of 5-20, before De Kock struck 53 off 36 balls (three fours, three sixes) and Klaasen an unbeaten 42 off 21 (four fours, three sixes).

    In Washington’s 30-run victory over San Francisco,ย Gous contributed 23 off 16 balls (five fours), Pienaarย 29 off 28 (one four) and Marco Jansen an unbeaten 19 off 15 (two fours).

    Rossouw starred for LA in their two-wicket win against Seattle, smashing an unbeaten 78 off 38 balls (three fours, seven sixes) in a Man of the Match performance.

    Fast bowler Gerald Coetzee was the chief destroyer for Texas in their three-wicket victory over San Francisco, returning figures of 4-31.

    County Championship Division One

    Ricardo Vasconcelos‘ 78 off 104 balls (14 fours) for Northamptonshire did little to deter a rampant Somerset side who claimed a nine-wicket victory.

    Harmer starred with bat and ball for Essex, scoring an unbeaten 83 off 91 deliveries (eight fours, five sixes) accompanied by figures of 4-72 as they beat Kent by seven wickets.

    Hampshire’s 116-run victory over Nottinghamshire featured Dane Paterson, who claimed match figures of 6-121 (3-56 and 3-65) for Nottinghamshire, and Hampshire’s Kyle Abbott, who picked up four wickets in the match.

    County Championship Division Two

    Keaton Jennings, son of Ray, played two handy knocks for Lancashire in their draw with Warwickshire, scoring 29 off 86 balls (four fours) before notching an unbeaten 64 off 174 (seven fours).

    Wiaan Mulder scored 21 off 28 deliveries (four fours) with the bat and picked up four wickets with the ball in their 100-run loss to Worcestershire.

    In Derbyshire’s draw with Durham, Wayne Madsen notched 62 off 96 balls (nine fours) for Derbyshire, before Durham’s Migael Pretorius scored a handy 36 off 28 (seven fours).

    Sussex and Yorkshire also played out to a draw, as Ryan Rickelton scored 46 off 76 balls (seven fours, one six) for Yorkshire.

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