Proteas take aim at unbeaten Kiwi run
The green wicket could aid quicks as Philander, Rabada and Morkel loom large in Dunedin
Wellington — SA are backing their pace attack to snap New Zealand’s unbeaten run at Dunedin’s University Oval when the first Test starts on Wednesday. After surveying a typically green New Zealand wicket and learning the Black Caps have won three, drawn four and lost none of the seven Tests on the ground, opener Dean Elgar said on Monday: "It’s something for us to try and correct. "It looks a bit juicy," he added of the wicket, warning that South African quicks Vernon Philander and Morne Morkel were likely to be a handful. Philander has 32 Test wickets against New Zealand at 15.53, and Elgar expects he will again be a central figure. "I’m glad he’s on my side and I don’t have to face him with a new ball," Elgar said, while adding of Morkel: "I’m glad I just have to face him in the nets." Morkel has played little cricket since suffering a back injury four months ago but is still set to figure in the South African line-up alongside Philander and the impressive Kagiso Rabada. SA go int...
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