Truly a great Test innings from Elgar. And lovely writing and insight: '...opening the batting in Test cricket is a starvation diet. Get greedy with the extra-cover drive, and you’ll go hungry. Nudge it to fine leg, and you’ll eat for a long time.' Hopefully SA can continue this form in the second Test. Besides Elgar's epic, Rababa's skill and control was wonderful to watch. Sometimes Rabada can appear a touch wasteful in the first few overs, not making the batter play. But here he was relentless from the first ball...
Truly a great Test innings from Elgar. And lovely writing and insight: '...opening the batting in Test cricket is a starvation diet. Get greedy with the extra-cover drive, and you’ll go hungry. Nudge it to fine leg, and you’ll eat for a long time.' Hopefully SA can continue this form in the second Test. Besides Elgar's epic, Rababa's skill and control was wonderful to watch. Sometimes Rabada can appear a touch wasteful in the first few overs, not making the batter play. But here he was relentless from the first ball...
I hope so! CT weather should be good too.