Learning on the job as a Test cricketer can be 바카라brutal,바카라 according to South Africa captain Dean Elgar. But he wants his side to experience more of it.
Struggling to digest his side바카라s record loss by an innings and 182 runs in the second test against Australia at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Thursday, Elgar lamented South Africa바카라s lack of exposure to test matches in a landscape where Twenty20 looms large for cricket바카라s administrators.
Set a target of 386 just to make Australia bat again, South Africa was bowled out for 204 at tea on day four. While this represented a huge innings loss, it was at least the first time in eight test innings that the Proteas had reached 200.
Elgar, with 13 centuries, is the only player in the side with more than one test hundred.
바카라It바카라s a tough one. I have to bite my tongue a little bit,바카라 Elgar said. 바카라Scheduling, going forward for the next five years, I바카라ve been going on about it that we need to be playing more test cricket.
바카라Our players need to be exposed to this level, even though you바카라re taking the hidings that we have had in the first two Tests바카라 our players need to be exposed to that. Unfortunately, we are learning most probably in the most ruthless and brutal way.바카라
Elgar said his side바카라s battling collapse on Thursday was 바카라a tough one to digest.바카라
바카라It was a pretty weak performance I바카라d say, in conditions which I really felt were in favor of really good test cricket,바카라 he said.
Elgar is calling on his side to show some character in the third and final test in Sydney starting on Jan. 4.
바카라We are playing for the pride of our team,바카라 Elgar said. 바카라We바카라re playing for this badge. We need to try to restore a little bit of pride that maybe has been hurt over the last two weeks.바카라
