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[WATCH] Off the Mark: Markram ton kickstarts new Test era

Dudley Carstens|Published

Top knock: SA’s Aiden Markram celebrates a commanding century

Aiden Markram announced his return to the top of South Africa’s Test batting lineup in style on Tuesday, with a knock of 115 against the West Indies at Centurion Park.

Markram and fellow opener Dean Elgar got the new era under Shukri Conrad off in style on the opening day of the first Test, scoring 141 runs for the first wicket after captain Temba Bavuma won the toss and decided to bat first.

But once their partnership was broken, wickets continued to fall as South Africa ended the day on 314/8.

Elgar, dropped in the slips with his score on 10, was brilliantly caught in the deep by Jermaine Blackwood off the bowling of Alzarri Joseph 3/60 with his score on 71 and the grand total on 141.

Western Province ace Tony de Zorzi then asked for middle in his first Test and got off the mark with an edged four. He scored three more boundaries on his way to 28 before he was run out with the scoreboard then reading 221/2.

Captain Bavuma was back in the hut two balls later without scoring, trapped leg before by Joseph.

The big wicket of Markram fell 15 runs later when Joseph’s yorker hit his stumps.

Played with freedom: Dean Elgar

Keegan Petersen (14), Heinrich Klaasen (20) and Senuran Muthusamy (3) all failed to trouble the scorers much, as Marco Jansen 17 and Gerald Goetzee 11 were at the crease when bad light stopped play.

Play will resume on Wednesday at 10am.

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