Aiden Markram has made a solid start to his month in the county championship‚ as have several of SA’s Kolpak brigade — two of whom are captaining their teams. Markram will be an overseas professional with Hampshire until early May‚ and will doubtless gather valuable experience of English conditions ahead of the World Cup. He made a decent first impression by scoring 63 against Essex in Southampton in his only innings in the opening round of championship matches‚ which ended on Monday. Markram batted at No 3 for more than two hours‚ faced 96 balls and hit nine fours. But he was upstaged by a compatriot two places lower in the order, Rilee Rossouw‚ who needed 30 fewer deliveries to make 76‚ only a dozen of them not smashed in fours and sixes. Another Kolpak player‚ Simon Harmer — Essex’s appointed captain this summer — took 2/134 and then suffered a first-baller as his team followed on 361 behind with still another Kolpak kid‚ Kyle Abbott‚ taking 2/38. Harmer enjoyed a longer stay in ...
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