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Africa-Press<\/a> – South-Africa<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>PRETORIA \u2013 South Africa\u2019s opening batsmen, Dean Elgar and Aiden Markram earned heaps of praise from teammates and coaching staff for providing what\u2019s been missing from the batting for too long \u2013 a good start.<\/p>\n

The pair shared a 141-run first wicket stand that provided the ideal foundation for South Africa\u2019s mammoth first innings total of 621. Century stands have been all too rare for South Africa.<\/p>\n

Until Sunday, it had been three years since there\u2019d last been a hundred run partnership for the first wicket for the Proteas. Back then it was also Markram and Elgar, against Bangladesh.<\/p>\n

South Africa\u2019s struggles with the bat in recent years, very much stem from the inability to get good starts and it has had a big impact on performances overall.<\/p>\n

\u201cDean and Aiden really gave us a lot of momentum,\u201d said Proteas captain Quinton de Kock. \u201cThat lifted the rest of the guys. It was still a very difficult pitch to bat on. I know they had injuries, but we were still quite positive.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Both missed out on landmarks. Markram was dominatent in making 68, but gave his wicket away by slashing the ball in the air to gully and wore anguished look of a man who felt he left a Test hundred on the table.<\/p>\n

Elgar got much closer – within five runs before clipping the ball back to the bowler. He too was left crestfallen. But they had done the hard work in providing a proper foundation.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve been losing wickets too early in recent years,\u201d Faf du Plessis, the man of the match had said on Monday evening. \u201cWhen I started (playing Test cricket) we used to have Graeme (Smith) and Alviro (Petersen) and we regularly had good starts. We\u2019d get to 50 without loss and it just relaxes the dressing room. It sets up the innings and guys like Hash, AB, Kallis or myself could play.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn our innings here, a lot depended on that start, and going forward that will be important for us.\u201d<\/p>\n

Reuters<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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