The 2017/18 Newcomer of the Year for the Multiply Titans is the ideal back-up in the top-order for when the likes of Aiden Markram and Dean Elgar are on duty with the Standard Bank Proteas, and in his first season for the franchise the maturity of his years, he turns 29 on 16 November, was clearly evident.

The Rustenburg product played for the SA Schools XI in 2008 and the solidity of his technique no doubt owes plenty to the different places his cricketing journey has taken him, playing for the bizhub Highveld Lions as a teenager, he has also had stints in the English County game with Lancashire and Leicestershire.

‘Aggers’ scored centuries in both the Sunfoil Series, where he averaged a superb 65.85, and the Momentum One-Day Cup last season.