Second day of Third Test between South Africa and Australia at Cape Town was dominated by Dean Elgar who carried his bat and Morne Morkel who reached the 300 Test wickets mark.
Here are the statistical highlights of the day's play:
3 - Dean Elgar has carried the bat three times in a Test match and he is the only second opener after Desmond Haynes (West Indies) to do so. Dean Elgar carried his bat against England in Durban 2015, India in Johannesburg in January 2017 and today against Australia.
1 - Dean Elgar is the only batsman to carry his bat in a Test match two times in a year.
300 - Morne Morkel completed 300 wickets in Test Cricket and he is the fifth bowler from South Africa to take 300 or more wickets in Tests.
Most Test Wickets for South Africa
Player | Tests | Wickets |
Shaun Pollock | 108 | 421 |
Dale Steyn | 86 | 419 |
M Ntini | 101 | 390 |
Allan Donald | 72 | 330 |
Morne Morkel | 85* | 301 |
Morne Morkel is the fourth slowest to 300 Test wickets in terms of Test matches.
Slowest to 300 Test Wickets
Player | Tests |
D Vettori | 94 |
Chaminda Vaas | 90 |
Zaheer Khan | 89 |
M Morkel | 85 |
Kapil Dev/S Broad | 83 |
3 - Morne Morkel became the third bowler in Test history to take 300 or more wickets without a 10-fer, others two are Bob Willis (325 wickets) and Brett Lee (310 wickets).
47 - Nathan Lyon made his highest Test score, the previous best for him was 40* against West Indies in Barbados in 2012.