Reuters/Andrew CouldridgeThey provide fertile ground for misstep and miscalculation. They test patience, endurance, fortitude, not to mention the potential for all manner of orthopaedic misadventure on uneven surfaces. SA skipper Dean Elgar has learnt to take it on the chin.
In Test parlance they started their pursuit of 240 facing not so much an Everest, as the Leonardo, the tower which dominates the Sandton skyline to the north of the ground. That the stand was the fifth-highest for the opening wicket for the Proteas in the past two seasons provides a porthole to the troubled waters their batting has bobbled in of late.The departure of AB de Villiers, Faf du Plessis and Quinton de Kock has left an experience vacuum in the team that will only be remedied with time.
They would have been well aware the highest successful chase at this ground was achieved in 2011 when Australia reached 310 with two wickets in hand in the match that saw the introduction of the incomparable Pat Cummins to the Test arena.
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