South African Test skipper Dean Elgar accomplished 5,000 runs in Test cricket on Monday. The batter reached this landmark throughout his aspect’s second Test towards Australia at Melbourne Cricket Ground. In the match, Elgar was dismissed at a rating of 26 runs in 68 balls with two boundaries within the first innings. Now, Elgar has 5,002 runs in 81 Tests and 142 innings at a mean of 38.18. He has 13 Test centuries and 22 half-centuries.

Elgar is the eighth-highest run scorer in Tests for South Africa. The highest Test run scorer for Proteas is all-rounder Jacques Kallis with 13,206 runs in 165 Tests at a mean of 55.25. He has scored 45 centuries and 58 half-centuries, with one of the best rating of 224.

Following him are Hashim Amla (9,282), Graeme Smith (9,253), AB de Villiers (8,765), Gary Kirsten (7,289), Herschelle Gibbs (6,167) and Mark Boucher (5,498).

Coming to the match, all-rounder Cameron Green took a career-best 5-27 as Australia ripped by means of South Africa’s fragile batting earlier than piling on late runs to grab management of the second Test in Melbourne on Monday.

After the guests have been dismissed for 189, an aggressive David Warner, in his one centesimal Test, was unbeaten on 32 and Marnus Labuschagne was not out on 5 to steer the hosts to 45-1 at stumps on day one.

Australia received the primary of three Tests by six wickets inside two days on a hostile and inexperienced Gabba pitch in Brisbane final week.

With AFP Inputs

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