south african test captain Dean Elgar 5,000 runs in Test cricket on Monday. The batsman reached the milestone in his second Test against Australia at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. In this game, Elgar was eliminated with 68 balls and 26 runs in the first game. Elgar now has 5,002 runs in 81 Tests and 142 innings for an average of 38.18. He has 13 Test centuries and 22 half-centuries.
Elgar was eighth in the South African test. Proteas’ top test run scorer is All-rounder Jacques Callies 13,206 runs out of 165 tests for an average of 55.25. He hit 45 centuries and 58 half-centuries, with a best score of 224.
following him is hashem amra (9,282), Graeme Smith (9,253), AB de Villiers (8,765), Gary Kirsten (7,289), Herschel Gibbs (6,167) and Mark Boucher (5,498).
Come to the game, all-rounder cameron green Australia scored a career-best 5-27 in their second Test in Melbourne on Monday as Australia beat South Africa’s fragile batting before taking control in late runs.
After the visitors were sent off with 189 points, an aggressive david warnerin his 100th Test, at 32 and Marnus Labuschagne He wasn’t out for five games on Day 1, leading the hosts to a 45-1 lead at the stumps.
Australia won the first of three Tests by six wickets in two days at Brisbane’s hostile green Gabba Stadium last week.
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