If Dean Elgar did not know there was more interest in Mitchell Starc’s return in the Test series between Australia and SA in November than his own comeback, he does now. What, Elgar was asked at a press conference in Adelaide on Thursday, was the reason for the strapping he wore around his ankle? "I rolled my ankle the day before the second Test against New Zealand back home; this is a precaution," Elgar said. SA’s opening batsman might have been miffed about the ignorance of the usually well-informed Australian media. Or he might have been quietly relieved that they did not seem to know he had, of all things, hurt himself when he stepped onto the boundary rope at Centurion on August 26, which ruled him out for a month. So, came the inevitable question, what did he think of Starc? "Starc’s stats speak for themselves, he is a massive asset for the Australian side," Elgar said. "I have never faced Starc so for me it’s a totally new encounter but a very exciting one. "He seems a seriou...
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