ALTON will be parading a world record holder in their ECB Southern Premier Cricket League line-up this summer.
The Brewers have announced a major coup, with overseas signing Marco Marais flying in from South Africa as the world record holder of the fastest ever triple century in first-class cricket.
Marais, 24, a hard-hitting middle-order batsman and useful medium-pacer, is pictured blasting a mammoth 300 not out from just 191 balls for his province, Border, against Eastern Province last November.
The performance, and weight of runs in the South African summer earned him a call up to franchise side Warriors late in the season.
He announced his UK arrival with a six-strewn 80 off 48 balls in Alton’s pre-season friendly at Ifield, a 45-over match which produced a staggering 626 runs.
Marais, who hit three hundreds in CSA provincial cricket this winter, cleared the boundary rope ten times in his 80, with half-centuries by Scott Myers (69) and Dan Harris (57) taking Alton’s score to 322-9. Ifield replied with 304-7.
In 2017 Alton’s batting was hit and miss – so having Marais experience, which includes stints in English and Irish club cricket, and his explosive power should bring consistency and confidence to the rest of the top order.
Scott Myers continues to take the reigns of the first-team, who finished second from bottom of the Premier League last season.
The Brewers have announced a major coup, with overseas signing Marco Marais flying in from South Africa as the world record holder of the fastest ever triple century in first-class cricket.
Marais, 24, a hard-hitting middle-order batsman and useful medium-pacer, is pictured blasting a mammoth 300 not out from just 191 balls for his province, Border, against Eastern Province last November.
The performance, and weight of runs in the South African summer earned him a call up to franchise side Warriors late in the season.
He announced his UK arrival with a six-strewn 80 off 48 balls in Alton’s pre-season friendly at Ifield, a 45-over match which produced a staggering 626 runs.
Marais, who hit three hundreds in CSA provincial cricket this winter, cleared the boundary rope ten times in his 80, with half-centuries by Scott Myers (69) and Dan Harris (57) taking Alton’s score to 322-9. Ifield replied with 304-7.
In 2017 Alton’s batting was hit and miss – so having Marais experience, which includes stints in English and Irish club cricket, and his explosive power should bring consistency and confidence to the rest of the top order.
Scott Myers continues to take the reigns of the first-team, who finished second from bottom of the Premier League last season.
