The South Africa skipper approached the umpires late in the game to ask at what point the variable bounce and sideways movement off the pitch became dangerous.
abc.net.au/news/dean-elgar-calls-out-gabba-pitch-as-bad-for-test-cricket/101786376South Africa skipper Dean Elgar has hit out at the Gabba wicket as being bad for the game, after the first Test was over inside two days., after 34 wickets fell in the two days of play.
Elgar, who scored just 5 runs across two innings, said that having the game finish so early was a bad look."34 wickets in two days, pretty one-sided affair, I would say."
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