South Africa’s Aiden Markram celebrates reaching his century on the primary day of the primary Test towards the West Indies.
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Aiden Markram made a profitable return to Test cricket as he and former captain Dean Elgar obtained South Africa off to a strong start on the primary day of the primary Test towards the West Indies at SuperSport Park on Tuesday.
Markram made 97 not out as South Africa reached 206 for one at tea. Elgar was the one participant dismissed, scoring 71 in a gap partnership of 141 with Markram.
Markram was enjoying in his first Test since being dropped final yr after a poor run of kind in which he had gone 15 innings and not using a half-century, with solely two scores above 30.
Elgar, who was stripped of the captaincy after South Africa have been closely overwhelmed on excursions of England and Australia, made 71 off 118 balls.
Two of Elgar’s 11 fours have been ramp photographs over the slips however in making an attempt to hit a 3rd boundary in that style he fell to a spectacular leaping catch by Jermaine Blackwood at third man off Alzarri Joseph.
Blackwood earlier put down a pointy likelihood at third slip off Kyle Mayers when he was on 10.
The West Indian bowlers struggled on a Centurion pitch which had much less grass than regular.
Shannon Gabriel bowled some hostile deliveries interspersed with some free balls in conceding 39 runs off 9 overs.
New cap Tony de Zorzi scored 22 not out in serving to Markram add 65 runs for the second wicket.
South Africa, first innings, 206-1 in 53 overs (D. Elgar 71, A. Markram 97 not out).
