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Africa-Press – South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>Shukri Conrad\u2019s decision to hand the No 3 spot in the Test side to Tristan Stubbs earlier this year was met with furrowed brows around the country.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s a T20 player,\u201d was the common refrain. Except Stubbs wasn\u2019t and even if that was his preferred format, so what. Just like \u201cBazball\u201d and run rates of five an over aren\u2019t the only ways to win Test matches, starting a career in the shortest format doesn\u2019t mean a player can\u2019t succeed in the longest.<\/p>\n

For the record, T20 is not Stubbs\u2019 favourite format \u2014 that would be the 50-over game \u2014 but on Tuesday he gave a good impression of being a Test No 3. His maiden century, which finished with him scoring 106, contained all the necessary attributes associated with batters who occupy that position.<\/p>\n

He showed the right temperament, was patient and his shot selection was precise. \u201cAfter lunch I found it hard to get off strike. The ball was doing a bit, it was a good period for them. Then I just grafted it out. Once I got the rhythm back again I felt quite comfortable. To get the three figures was a big relief more than anything,\u201d said Stubbs.<\/p>\n

Whether Conrad was relieved is anyone\u2019s guess for now. It was in Sri Lanka last year during a tour by the SA A team that Stubbs first indicated to the Proteas Test coach he might be able to occupy the batting position historically regarded as the most important.<\/p>\n

Stubbs spent nearly a day making 100 against Sri Lanka A on a \u201cdust bowl\u201d in Colombo. The Grey High School graduate would later make a triple hundred for Eastern Province to show his capacity for big scoring, but doing it in a Test match is a different matter.<\/p>\n

Admittedly conditions at the ZA Chowdhury Stadium in Chattogram were heavily favoured towards batters. South Africans have a great history in that coastal city, with three \u2014 Graeme Smith, Neil McKenzie and Jacques Rudolph \u2014 having made double centuries, while South Africa’s two highest Test partnerships also occurred there.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a good batting wicket but it was hard to score freely,\u201d Stubbs admitted. Bangladesh, again weighed down by off-field drama, made it difficult for Stubbs and fellow first day centurion Tony de Zorzi to score, especially in the period after lunch.<\/p>\n

They bowled more disciplined lines and both of their seamers, Hasan Mahmud and Nahid Rana, got the ball to reverse \u201cjust enough to get you thinking\u201d, said Stubbs. For an hour he had to defend stoutly but seemed to relish blocking the ball.<\/p>\n

He and De Zorzi were able to revert pressure back onto the hosts in the second half of the middle session \u2014 scoring 62 runs in 15 overs \u2014 and from there the Proteas were able to build towards a dominant first day, finishing on 307\/2. De Zorzi will resume on Wednesday on 141 with David Bedingham on 18 for company.<\/p>\n

\u201cTony was calm, he was flowing nicely. I give huge credit to him,\u201d said Stubbs.<\/p>\n

\u201cStraight after lunch he started cramping in his forearm and the mental strength to go through the whole day was unbelievable. We kept reminding each other not to take anything for granted. It was enjoyable batting with him.\u201d<\/p>\n

Both swept well against the spinners, with Stubbs\u2019 use of the reverse sweep making what was once considered unorthodox for a Test look perfectly conventional in the searing heat of Chattogram.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur game plan today [Tuesday] was to use the sweep but I wasn\u2019t doing it well and the reverse sweep felt better,\u201d said Stubbs.<\/p>\n

Batting for more than four hours in temperatures topping 30oC and humidity close to 70%, the examination was physical and mental.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the past three months I\u2019ve been in the Caribbean where it was flippin hot, then the UAE. I\u2019m, as much as you can, getting used to the heat.\u201d<\/p>\n

Some of the heat that would have been on his coach will now also ease. Conrad has stamped his authority on this team, happy to give younger players such as Stubbs and De Zorzi responsibility to usher in a new era for the Proteas in the Test format.<\/p>\n

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