Dunedin — What to do if you are marooned at the nonstriker’s end of a challenging pitch with the scoreboard reading 22/3? If you are Dean Elgar‚ that is a stupid question. "Whether you’re 100 for nought or 22/3‚ I’m always going to approach the game the same‚" Elgar said on Wednesday after scoring an undefeated 128 to drag SA from that dreaded 22/3 to 229/4 at stumps on the opening day of their Test series against New Zealand at University Oval in Dunedin. "It was one of those situations where you needed to scrap it out and not think about yourself. "You’ve got to think about the bigger picture‚ and that’s the team and what the team need at that moment. It’s always a scrap out there. I’m not very talented and free-scoring like other guys are. You’ve got to use your advantages and that’s my ability to guts it out." In other words‚ in Elgar’s head, it is always 22/3. The other edge of that sword is that failure is not an option‚ even when it looms large. Like it did with Elgar on 36‚ ...
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