As SA piled on the runs to end day one on 298/1 on Thursday, Bangladesh captain Mushfiqur Rahim looked like a man watching a horror movie. After winning the toss, Rahim decided to bowl first, but it turned out to be the wrong decision as the South African batsmen gave a masterclass to take a sizeable early advantage in the first Test in Potchefstroom. The Bangladesh bowlers toiled all day and the only wicket to fall was in the 55th over when Aiden Markram was run out on 97 to deny him the milestone of becoming the seventh South African batsman to score a hundred on Test debut. The last South African to score a hundred on his debut was Stephen Cook, who made his century off 187 deliveries on day one of the fourth and final Test against England at Centurion in January 2016. Markram’s run-out was the result of a mix-up with his opening partner Dean Elgar, who changed his mind after he called for a quick single while sitting on a nervous 99 just before tea. Elgar dropped to his knees as...
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