“It is greatly appreciated that Cricket South Africa have allowed Dean Elgar to play for us”

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Surrey have signed South Africa opener Dean Elgar as their overseas player for a 10-day stint since a number of their players are injured, on international duty or are taking part in other tournaments.

Kumar Sangakkara and Jason Roy are currently representing Sri Lanka and England respectively, while Moises Henriques and Rory Burns are still recovering from the injuries they sustained after their horrific collision at Arundel last weekend. Steven Davies has also been sidelined with an injury, while Kevin Pietersen is participating in the Caribbean Premier League (CPL).

Elgar will remain with Surrey until July 1 and will represent them during their County Championship matches against Derbyshire on Sunday and Gloucestershire on June 27. He will also be available for their NatWest T20 Blast match against Glamorgan on Friday.

Following his spell with Surrey, Elgar will travel to Bangladesh for a two-Test series, which will begin on July 21 in Chittagong.

“Following Moises Henriques’ injury and with Kumar Sangakkara currently playing for Sri Lanka, it is greatly appreciated that Cricket South Africa have allowed Dean Elgar to play for us before he joins up with the Test team for their tour of Bangladesh,” Surrey’s director of cricket Alec Stewart said.